Reasoning Questions: Syllogism Set 25

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1. Statements: – All sticks are plants. All plants are stem. All stems are amphibians
   Conclusions: – 1) At least some amphibians are plants 2) All sticks are stems
   1) If only conclusion I follows.
   2) If only conclusion II follows.
   3) If either conclusion I or II follows.
   4) If neither conclusion I nor II follows.
   5) If both conclusions I and II follow
   
   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – 5) If both conclusions I and II follow
   Explanation :
   
   
2. Statements: – All sticks are plants. All plants are stems. All stems are amphibians
   Conclusions: – 1) All amphibians are sticks 2) All plants are amphibians
   1) If only conclusion I follows.
   2) If only conclusion II follows.
   3) If either conclusion I or II follows.
   4) If neither conclusion I nor II follows.
   5) If both conclusions I and II follow
   
   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – 2) If only conclusion II follows.
   Explanation :
   
   
3. Statements: – All flats are huts. No hut is a building. All buildings are cottages
   Conclusions: – 1) No flat is a cottage 2) Some buildings being flats is a possibility
   1) If only conclusion I follows.
   2) If only conclusion II follows.
   3) If either conclusion I or II follows.
   4) If neither conclusion I nor II follows.
   5) If both conclusions I and II follow
   
   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – 4) If neither conclusion I nor II follows.
   Explanation :
   
   
4. Statements: – All flats are huts. No hut is a building. All buildings are cottages
   Conclusions: – 1) No cottage is a flat 2) Some cottages are flats.
   1) If only conclusion I follows.
   2) If only conclusion II follows.
   3) If either conclusion I or II follows.
   4) If neither conclusion I nor II follows.
   5) If both conclusions I and II follow
   
   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – 3) If either conclusion I or II follows.
   Explanation :
   
   
5. Statements: – All flats are huts. No hut is a building. All buildings are cottages
   Conclusions: – 1) Some cottages being flats is a possibility 2) No cottage is a hut
   1) If only conclusion I follows.
   2) If only conclusion II follows.
   3) If either conclusion I or II follows.
   4) If neither conclusion I nor II follows.
   5) If both conclusions I and II follow
   
   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – 1) If only conclusion I follows.
   Explanation :
   
   
6. Statements: – Some mobiles are cells. All cells are pagers. No pager is a camera
   Conclusions: – 1) Some mobiles are definitely not cameras 2) No mobile is a camera
   1) If only conclusion I follows.
   2) If only conclusion II follows.
   3) If either conclusion I or II follows.
   4) If neither conclusion I nor II follows.
   5) If both conclusions I and II follow
   
   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – 1) If only conclusion I follows.
   Explanation :
   
   
7. Statements: – Some mobiles are cells. All cells are pagers. No pager is a camera
   Conclusions: – 1) All cells are cameras 2) All mobiles being cells is a possibility
   1) If only conclusion I follows.
   2) If only conclusion II follows.
   3) If either conclusion I or II follows.
   4) If neither conclusion I nor II follows.
   5) If both conclusions I and II follow
   
   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – 2) If only conclusion II follows.
   Explanation :
   
   
8. Statements: – All schools are colleges. All schools are hospitals. No hospital is a campus.
   Conclusions: – 1) All colleges are hospitals 2) All schools being campus is a possibility
   1) If only conclusion I follows.
   2) If only conclusion II follows.
   3) If either conclusion I or II follows.
   4) If neither conclusion I nor II follows.
   5) If both conclusions I and II follow
   
   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – 4) If neither conclusion I nor II follows.
   Explanation :
   
   
9. Statements: – No hardware is software. Some software is keyboard. All mouse are software.
   Conclusions: – 1) No mouse is a hardware 2) Some hardware are mouse
   1) If only conclusion I follows.
   2) If only conclusion II follows.
   3) If either conclusion I or II follows.
   4) If neither conclusion I nor II follows.
   5) If both conclusions I and II follow
   
   Answer & Explanation

   Answer –  1) If only conclusion I follows
   Explanation :
   
   
10. Statements: -Some A is B.  Some B is C. No C is D. Some D is E
    Conclusions: – 1) All D being B is possibility 2) All E can never be C
    1) If only conclusion I follows.
    2) If only conclusion II follows.
    3) If either conclusion I or II follows.
    4) If neither conclusion I nor II follows.
    5) If both conclusions I and II follow
    
    Answer & Explanation

    Answer – 5) If both conclusions I and II follow
    Explanation :
    
    

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