Syllogism Questions with Answers for Competitive Exams

Selective Syllogism Questions and Answers

Q.11. In the following question, four statements are given and these statements are followed by four conclusions numbered (1),(2),(3) and (4). You have to take the given four statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts. Read the conclusions and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the two given statements, disregarding commonly known facts.

Statements: 

(I) All red are white. 

(II) Some white are pink.

(III) Some pink are yellow. 

(IV) No yellow is blue.

Conclusions: 

(I) No blue is pink.   

(II) Some pink are red.

(III) Some blue are red.            

(IV) Some blue are pink.

(A) None follows    

(B) All follow                       

(C) Only either I or IV follows

(D) Only III & IV follow

(E) Only I follows                             

Q.12. In the following question, two statements are given and these statements are followed by two conclusions numbered (1) and (2). You have to take the given two statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts. Read the conclusions and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the two given statements, disregarding commonly known facts.

Statements: 

(I) Some cows are crows. 

(II) Some crows are elephants.

Conclusions:

(I) Some cows are elephants.

(II) All crows are elephants.

(A) Only (1) conclusion follows

(B) Only (2) conclusion follows

(C) Neither (1) nor (2) follows

(D) Both (1) and (2) follow

(E) Either (1) or (2) follows

Q.13. In the following question, four statements are given and these statements are followed by four conclusions numbered (1),(2),(3) and (4). You have to take the given four statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts. Read the conclusions and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the two given statements, disregarding commonly known facts.

Statements: 

(I) Some blue are black. 

(II) Some black are grey.

(III) All grey are red. 

(IV) All red are pink.

Conclusions: 

(I) Some red are black. 

(II) Some pink are black.

(III) Some pink are grey.   

(IV) Some red are blue.

(A) Only II & III follow

(B) Only I & II follow                      

(C) All follow

(D) Only I, II and III follow              

(E) None of these

Q.14. In the following question, two statements are given and these statements are followed by two conclusions numbered (1) and (2). You have to take the given two statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts. Read the conclusions and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the two given statements, disregarding commonly known facts.

Statements: 

(I) All cups are books. 

(II) All books are shirts.

Conclusions:

(I) Some cups are not shirts.

(II) Some shirts are cups.

(A) Only (1) conclusion follows

(B) Only (2) conclusion follows

(C) Neither (1) nor (2) follows

(D) Both (1) and (2) follow

(E) Either (1) or (2) follows

Q.15. In the following question, four statements are given and these statements are followed by four conclusions numbered (1),(2),(3) and (4). You have to take the given four statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts. Read the conclusions and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the two given statements, disregarding commonly known facts.

Statements: 

(I) All green are pink. 

(II) Some pink are black.

(III) Some black are blue.  

(IV) All blue are white.

Conclusions: 

(I) Some black are white.   

(II) Some blue are pink. 

(III) Some pink are green.

(IV) No green is white.

(A) Only either I or II follows

(B) Only III follows

(C) Only I and III follows

(D) None follows

(E) None of these

Q.16. In the following question, two statements are given and these statements are followed by two conclusions numbered (1) and (2). You have to take the given two statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts. Read the conclusions and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the two given statements, disregarding commonly known facts.

Statements: 

(I) All the windows are doors. 

(II) No door is a wall.

Conclusions:

(I) Some windows are walls.

(II) No wall is a door.

(A) Only (1) conclusion follows

(B) Only (2) conclusion follows

(C) Neither (1) nor (2) follows

(D) Both (1) and (2) follow

(E) Either (1) or (2) follows

Q.17. In the following question, four statements are given and these statements are followed by four conclusions numbered (1),(2),(3) and (4). You have to take the given four statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts. Read the conclusions and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the two given statements, disregarding commonly known facts.

Statements: 

(I) Some blue are white.   

(II) All white are red.

(III)  All red are pink. 

(IV) Some pink are yellow.

Conclusions: 

(I) Some yellow are red.

(II) Some yellow are white. 

(III) All red are white.

(IV)Some yellow are blue.

(A) Only II follows              

(B) Only II & III follow

(C) Only I follows

(D) None follows                

(E) None of these

Q.18. In the following question, two statements are given and these statements are followed by two conclusions numbered (1) and (2). You have to take the given two statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts. Read the conclusions and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the two given statements, disregarding commonly known facts.

Statements: 

(I) All the actors are girls. 

(II) All the girls are beautiful.

Conclusions:

(I) All the actors are beautiful.

(II) Some girls are actors.

(A) Only (1) conclusion follows

(B) Only (2) conclusion follows

(C) Either (1) or (2) follows

(D) Both (1) and (2) follow

(E) Neither (1) nor (2) follows

Q.19.In the following question, three statements are given and these statements are followed by three conclusions numbered (1),(2) and (3). You have to take the given three statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts. Read the conclusions and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the three given statements, disregarding commonly known facts.

Statement:

(I) Some cats are white.

(II) All white are dog.

(III) No dog is snow.

Conclusion:

(I) No cats are dogs.

(II) Some cats are dogs.

(III) No White is Snow.

(A) Only II follows              

(B) Only II & III follow

(C) Only I follows

(D) None follows                

(E) None of these

Q.20.In the following question, three statements are given and these statements are followed by three conclusions numbered (1),(2) and (3). You have to take the given three statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts. Read the conclusions and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the three given statements, disregarding commonly known facts.

Statement:

(I) All heros are Zeros

(II) All Zeros are villains

(III) Some heroes are jokers

Conclusion:

(I) Some Jokers are heroes

(II) Some Zeros are jokers

(III) Some villains are Zeros 

(A) All I ,II, III follows.

(B) Only I, II follow   

(C) Only I,III follows   

(D) Only II, III follow

(E) None of these

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