Syllogism Questions and Answers for Competitive Exams

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In the following question below are given some statements followed by some conclusions. Taking the given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts, read all the conclusions and then decide which the given conclusion logically follows the given statements. 

Q :  

Statements: 

All squares are rectangles. 

All rectangles are polygons. 

Conclusion: 

I. Square is not a polygon. 

II. Square is a polygon. 

III. Square is a rectangle and polygon

IV. Polygon is a square. 

(A) Only conclusion III follows .

(B) All conclusions follow .

(C) Only Conclusion I follows.

(D) Both conclusion II and III follow.


Correct Answer : D

Q :  

Statement: 

All insects are dangerous. 

All machines are dangerous. 

Conclusion 

I. All dangerous are insects. 

II. All dangerous are machines. 

III. Some machines are insects. 

(A) Only conclusion (III) follows .

(B) No conclusion follows .

(C) Only Conclusion (I) follows .

(D) Only conclusion (II) follows .


Correct Answer : B

Q :  

Statements: 

Some clerks are poor. 

A is poor. 

Conclusion: 

I. A is clerk 

II. A has a large family 

(A) Both Conclusion I and II follow

(B) Only Conclusion I follows

(C) Only Conclusion II follows

(D) Neither Conclusion I nor Conclusion II follows


Correct Answer : D

Q :  

Statement: 

Some wilds are carnivores.

All wild are lions. 

Conclusion: 

I. All carnivores are lions. 

II. Some lions are carnivores.

(A) Both conclusion I and II follows

(B) Neither conclusion I nor II follows

(C) Only conclusion I follows

(D) Only conclusion II follows


Correct Answer : D

Q :  

Statements: 

I. All circles are triangles. 

II. Some triangles are rectangles 

III. All rectangles are squares. 

Conclusion:

 I. All rectangles being triangles is a possibility 

II. All circles being square is a possibility 

(A) Both Conclusion I and II follow

(B) Neither Conclusion I nor II follows

(C) Conclusion II follows

(D) Conclusion I follows


Correct Answer : A

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