Directions (Q.1-5): In each question below are given three statements or two statements followed by two conclusions numbered I and II. You have to take the given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance with commonly known facts and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the given statements, disregarding commonly known facts. Give answer
a) If only conclusion I follow.
b) If only conclusion II follow.
c) If either conclusion I or II follow.
d) If neither conclusion I nor II follows.
e) If both conclusion I and II follows.
(1-2):
Statements: No pen is a pencil.
All pencils are papers.
Some papers are caps.
1. Conclusions:
I. All pens being caps is a possibility.
II. All pencils being caps is a possibility.
a) If only conclusion I follow.
b) If only conclusion II follow.
c) If either conclusion I or II follow.
d) If neither conclusion I nor II follows.
e) If both conclusion I and II follows.
(1-2):
Statements: No pen is a pencil.
All pencils are papers.
Some papers are caps.
1. Conclusions:
I. All pens being caps is a possibility.
II. All pencils being caps is a possibility.
a
b
c
d
e
2. Conclusions:
I. Some papers not being pencils is a possibility.
II. Some papers are not pens.
a
b
c
d
e
(3-4):
Statements: All books are novels.
No page is a novel.
Some pages are covers.
3. Conclusions:
I. All books are definitely not pages.
II. No novel is a page.
a
b
c
d
e
4. Conclusions:
I. Some covers are not novels.
II. No book is a page.
a
b
c
d
e
5. Statements:
Some teachers are doctors.
Some doctors are lawyers.
Conclusions:
I. Some doctors are teachers.
II. Some teachers are not lawyers.
a
b
c
d
e
Directions (Q.6-10): In each question below are given two or more statements followed by two conclusions numbered I and II. You have to take the given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance with commonly known facts. Read all the conclusions and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the given statements, disregarding commonly known facts. Give answer
a) If only conclusion I follow.
b) If only conclusion II follow.
c) If either conclusion I or II follow.
d) If neither conclusion I nor II follows.
e) If both conclusion I and II follows.
(6-7):
Statements: No glass is a bottle.
Some buckets are bottles.
All buckets are jugs.
6. Conclusions:
I. Some buckets are not glasses.
II. All bottles are buckets.
a
b
c
d
e
7. Conclusions:
I. Some bottles are not jugs.
II. Some jugs are buckets.
a
b
c
d
e
8. Statements:
All mangoes are bananas.
Some oranges are bananas.
Conclusions:
I. All mangoes being oranges is a possibility.
II. Some bananas are oranges.
a
b
c
d
e
9. Statements:
Some pages are books.
No book is a paper.
Conclusions:
I. Some pages are papers.
II.Some books are pages.
a
b
c
d
e
10. Statements:
Some consonants are alphabets.
No alphabet is a vowel.
Conclusions:
I. Some alphabets are not consonants.
II. Some consonants are vowels.
a
b
c
d
e
Answers:
- e
- e
- e
- e
- a
- a
- b
- e
- b
- d
