Daily Quiz: Reasoning Quiz on Syllogism

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1.    Statements:

      Some clouds are thunder

      All clouds are rain

     Conclusions:

          I. Those clouds which are not thunder are also rain.

         II. Those clouds which are not thunder are not necessarily rain.

        (a) Only conclusion I follow

              (b) Only conclusion II follows

        (c) Both I and II follows

              (d) None follows

2.     Statements:

      All lenses are horns

         No horn is colourful

  Conclusions:

        I. Some lenses are colourful.

       II. No lens is colourful

        a) Only conclusion I follow

             (b) Only conclusion II follows

       (c) Both I and II follows

             (d) None follow

3.    Statements:     

       All researchers are psychologists.

       Some researchers are scientists.       

Conclusions:

      I. All researchers are scientists.

     II. Some researchers are scientists.

    III. Some scientists are psychologists are researchers.

    IV. Some psychologists are researchers

    (a) None follows

    (b) Only III and IV follow

    (c) All follow

    (d) Only III follow

    (e) II and IV follows

4.    Statements:     

        No educationists are researchers.

        All researchers are teachers.      

Conclusions:

       I. No teacher is a researcher.

      II. No teacher is an educationist.

     III. Some researchers are teachers.

     IV. Some teachers are researchers.

    (a) None follows

    (b) All follow

    (c) Either I or III follows

    (d) Only II follows

    (e) Only III and IV follows

5.    Statements:     

       Some cars are scooters.

       Some scooters are not calculators.      

Conclusions:

      I. No car is a calculator.

     II. All cars are calculators.

    III. All scooters are cars.

    IV. Some scooters are cars.

    (a) None follows

    (b) Only I or II follows

    (c) Only I follows.

    (d) Only IV follow

    (e) All follow

6.    Statements:     

        Some chalks are boards.

        All boards are classrooms.      

Conclusions:

      I. Some boards are classrooms.

     II. All classrooms are boards.

    III. Some classrooms are chalks.

    IV. Some chalks are class rooms.

    (a) None follows

    (b) All follow

    (c) Only I, III and IV follows.

    (d) Only I, II and III follows

    (e) None of these

7.    Statements:     

        Some grapes are potatoes.

        Some potatoes are mangoes.      

Conclusions:

      I. All potatoes are grapes.

     II. Some grapes are mangoes.

    III. Some mangoes are potatoes.

    IV. No grape is a mango.

    (a) Either III or IV and II follows

    (b) Either II or IV and III follows

    (c) Either I or IV follows.

    (d) Only II, III and IV follows

    (e) None of these

8.    Statements:     

        Some mails are chats.

        All updates are chats.      

Conclusions:

      I. All mails being updates is a possibility.

     II. No update is a mail.

    (a) only conclusion I follows

    (b) only conclusion II follows

    (c) either conclusion I or conclusion II follows.

    (d) neither conclusion I nor conclusion II follows

    (e) both conclusion I and conclusion II follows

9.    Direction(9(a) & 9(b))

      Statements:     

         No stone is a metal.

        Some metals are papers.

        All papers are glass.      

(a) Conclusions:

          I. All stones being glass is a possibility.

         II. No stone is a paper

       (a) only conclusion I follows

       (b) only conclusion II follows

       (c) either conclusion I or conclusion II follows.

       (d) neither conclusion I nor conclusion II follows

       (e) both conclusion I and conclusion II follows

(b) Conclusions:

          I. No glass is a metal.

         II. Atleast some glass is metal.

       (a) only conclusion I follows

       (b) only conclusion II follows

       (c) either conclusion I or conclusion II follows.

       (d) neither conclusion I nor conclusion II follows

       (e) both conclusion I and conclusion II follows

Answers:

1	a	6	c
2	b	7	b
3	a	8	a
4	e	9(a)	a
5	d	9(b)	b