Logical Reasoning v1833

Directions (Questions 1 – 18): In each question below are given two statements followed by two conclusions numbered I and II. 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 conclusion and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the two given statements, disregarding commonly known facts. (a) If only conclusion I follows; (b) If only conclusion II follows; (c) If either conclusion I or II follows; (d) If neither conclusion I nor II follows; (e) If both conclusions I and II follows. 1. Statements : All men are dogs. All dogs are cats. Conclusions : I. All men are cats. II. All cats are men 2. Statements : All pens are roads. All roads are houses. Conclusions : I. All houses are pens. II. Some houses are pens. 3. Statements : All huts are mansions. All mansions are temples. Conclusions : I. Some temples are huts. II. Some temples are mansions. 4. Statements : All pens are chalks. All chairs are chalks. Conclusions : I. Some pens are chairs. II. Some chalks are pens. 5. Statements : Every minister is a student. Every student is inexperienced. Conclusions : I. Every minister is inexperienced. II. Some inexperienced are students. 6. Statements : All roads are waters. Some waters are boats. Conclusions : I. Some boats are roads. II. All waters are boats. 7. Statements : All jungles are tigers. Some tigers are horses. Conclusions :

I. Some horses are jungles. II. No horse is jungle. 8. Statements : Some hens are cows. All cows are horses. Conclusions : I. Some horses are hens. II. Some hens are horses. 9. Statements : Some kings are queens. All queens are beautiful. Conclusions : I. All kings are beautiful. II. All queens are kings. 10. Statements : All men are married. Some men are educated. Conclusions : I. Some married are educated. II. Some educated are married. 11. Statements : Some dedicated souls are angels. All social workers are angels. Conclusions : I. Some dedicated souls are social workers. II. Some social workers are dedicated souls. 12. Statements : Some swords are sharp. All swords are rusty. Conclusions : I. Some rusty things are sharp. II. Some rusty things are not sharp. 13. Statements : Some dreams are nights. Some nights are days. Conclusions : I. All days are either nights or dreams. II. Some days are nights. 14. Statements : Some papers are pens. Some pencils are pens. Conclusions : I. Some pens are pencils. II. Some pens are papers. 15. Statements : All fish are tortoise. No tortoise is a crocodile. Conclusions : I. No crocodile is a fish. II. No fish is a crocodile. 16. Statements : All flowers are trees. No fruits is tree. Conclusions : I. No fruit is flower.

II. Some trees are flowers. 17. Statements : Some papers are pens. Angle is a paper. Conclusions : I. Angle is not a pen. II. Angle is a pen. 18. Statements : Some men are educated. Educated persons prefer small families. Conclusions : I. All small families are educated. II. Some men prefer small families. Directions (Q. 19 - 22): In each of the following questions, two statements are given followed by three or four conclusions numbered I, II, III and IV. You have to take the given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from the commonly known facts and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the given statements disregarding commonly known facts. 19. Statements : All branches are flowers. All flowers are leaves. Conclusions : I. All branches are leaves. II. All leaves are branches. III. All flowers are branches. IV. Some leaves are branches. (a) None follows (b) Only I & IV follow (c) Only II and III follow (d) All follow 20. Statements : All aeroplanes are trains. Some trains are chairs. Conclusions : I. Some aeroplanes are chairs. II. Some chairs are aeroplanes. III. Some chairs are trains. IV. Some trains are aeroplanes. (a) None follows (b) Only I & II follow (c) Only II & III follow (d) Only III & IV follow 21. Statements : Some tables are TVs. Some TVs are radios. Conclusions : I. some tables are radios. II. Some radios are tables. III. All radios are TVs.

IV. All TVs are tables. (a) None follows (b) All follow (c) Only I and III follow (d) Only II & IV follow 22. Statements : No box is toy. All toys are blocks. Conclusions : I. Some blocks are toys. II. Some blocks are boxes. III. No block is box. (a) Only I follows (b) Only either Ii or III follows (c) Only either II or III, and I follow (d) None follows Directions (Questions 23 – 27): Three statements are given followed by four conclusions numbered I, II, III and IV. 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. 23. Statements: All buildings are rains. All papers are buildings. All dogs age papers. Conclusions: I. All dogs are rains. II. Some papers are rains. III. Some rains are buildings. IV. Some rains are papers. (a) Only I and II follow (b) Only II and III follow (c) Only I, II and III follow (d) All follow (e) None of these 24. Statements: Some bags are purses. All purses are containers. All containers are suitcases. Conclusions: I. Some suitcase are bags. II. All purses are bags. III. All purses are suitcases. IV. Some containers are purses. (a) Only I, II and III follow (b) Only II and III follow (c) Only I and III follow (d) Only I, III and IV follow (e) Only II, III and IV follow 25. Statements: Some flowers are rods. Soms rods are doors. Some doors are houses.

Conclusions: I. Some houses are flowers. II. Some doors are flowers. III. Some flowers are doors. IV. No house is flower (a) Only either I or II follows (b) Only either I or IV follows (c) Only II and III follow (d) Only I and IV follow (e) None of these 26. Statements: Some fruits are flowers. No flower is a boat. All boats are rivers. Conclusions: I. Some fruits are rivers. II. Some rivers are boats. III. Some rivers are fruits. IV. Some flowers are fruits. (a) Only I and III follow (b) Only II and III follow (c) Only II and IV follow (d) All follow (e) None of these 27. Statements: All dogs are fruits. No chair is fruit. Some chairs are clowns. Conclusions: I. Some clowns are dogs. II. Some chairs are dogs. III. No chair is dog. IV. No dog is clown. (a) None follows (b) Only either I or IV follows (c) Only either I or IV, and III follow (d) Only either I or IV, and II follow (e) Only either II or III follows and either I or IV follows Directions (Questions 28 – 39): In each of the questions below are given three statements followed by three conclusions numbered I, II and III. You have to take the given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from the 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. 28. Statements: All dolls are windows. All bottles are windows. All cars are bottles. Conclusions: I. All cars are windows.

II. Some cars are dolls. III. Some windows are cars. (a) Only I and II follow (b) Only II and III follow (c) Only I and III follow (d) All follow (e) None of these 29. Statements: All fruits are vegetables. All pens are vegetables. All vegetables are rains. Conclusions: I. All fruits are rains II. All pens are rains. III. Some rains are vegetables. (a) None follows (b) Only I and II follow (c) Only II and III follow (d) Only I and III follow (e) All follow 30. Statements: Some saints are balls. All balls are bats. Some tigers are balls. Conclusions: I. Some bats are tigers. II. Some saints are bats. III. All bats are balls. (a) Only I and II follow (b) Only II follows (c) Only I and III follow (d) Only III follows (e) None of these 31. Statements: Some hills are rivers. Some rivers are deserts. All deserts are roads. Conclusions: I. Some roads are rivers. II. Some roads are hills. III. Some deserts are hills. (a) None follows (b) Only I follows (c) Only I and II follow (d) Only II and III follow (e) All follow 32. Statements: All trees are flowers. No flower is fruit. All branches are fruits. Conclusions: I. Some branches are tree. II. No fruit is tree. III. No trees is branch. (a) None follows (b) Only either I or II follows (c) Only II follows (d) Only either I or III, and II follow (e) None of these 33. Statements: All tigers are lions. No cow is lion. Some camels are cows.

Conclusions: I. Some lions are camels. II. No camel is tiger. III. Some tigers are cows. (a) None follows (b) Only I follows (c) Only II follows (d) Only III follows (e) Either I or II follows 34. Statements: Some pens are books. All schools are books. Some colleges are schools. Conclusions: I. Some colleges are pens. II. Some pens are schools. III. Some colleges are books. (a) Only I and II follow (b) Only II and III follow (c) Only I and III follow (d) All follow (e) None of these 35. Statements: All tigers are jungles. No jungles is bird. Some birds are rains. Conclusions: I. No rain is jungle. II. Some rains are jungle. III. No bird is tiger. (a) Only I and II follow (b) Only III follows (c) Only either I or II, and III follow (d) All follow (e) None of these 36. Statements: All trains are buses. No room is bus. All boats are rooms. Conclusions: I. No boat is train. II. No bus is boat. III. No train is room. (a) None follows (b) Only I and II follow (c) Only II and III follow (d) Only I and III follow (e) None of these 37. Statements: Some mountains are hillocks. Some mountains are rivers. Some mountains are valleys. Conclusions: I. All mountains are either hillocks or rivers or valleys. II. No valley is river. III. Some river are valleys. (a) None follows (b) Only I follows (c) Only either II or III follows (d) Only III follows (e) None of these 38. Statements: Some boxes are hammers. Some hammers are beads. All beads are rings. Conclusions:

I. Some rings are hammers. II. Some hammers are boxes. III. Some rings are boxes. (a) None follows (b) Only I follows (c) Only I and II follow (d) Only II and III follow (e) All follow 39. Statements: Some pictures are frames. Some frames are idols. All idols are curtains. Conclusions: I. Some curtains are pictures. II. Some curtains are frames. III. Some idols are frames. (a) Only I and II follow (b) Only II and III follow (c) Only I and III follow (d) All follow (e) None of these Directions (Questions 40 – 53): In each of the following questions, three statements are given followed by four conclusions numbered I, II, III and IV. 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. 40. Statements: All pencils are birds. All birds are skies. All skies are hills. Conclusions: I. All pencils are hills II. All hills are birds. III. All skies are pencils. IV. All birds are hills. (a) Only I and II follow (b) Only I and III follow (c) Only III and IV follow (d) All follow (e) None of these 41. Statements: All needles are threads. All threads are boxes. All trees are boxes. Conclusions: I. No needle is tree. II. Some trees are threads. III. Some boxes are needles. IV. Some trees are needles. (a) None follow (b) Only either I or IV follows (c) Only either I or IV, and II follow (d) Only III follows

(e) Only either I or IV, and III follow 42. Statements: All jungles are buses. All books are buses. All fruits are books. Conclusions: I. Some fruits are jungles. II. Some buses are books. III. some buses are jungles. IV. All fruits are buses. (a) Only I, II and III follow (b) Only I, II and IV follow (c) Only II, III and IV follow (d) All follow (e) None of these 43. Statements: Some spoons are bowls. All bowls are knives. All knives are forks. Conclusions: I. All spoons are forks II. All bowls are forks. III. Some knives are bowls. IV. Some forks are spoons. (a) Only II and III follow (b) Only II and IV follow (c) Only III and IV follow (d) All follow (e) None of these 44. Statements: Some bricks are trees. All trees are pens. All pens are boats. Conclusions: I. Some boats are bricks. II. Some pens are bricks. III. Some trees are bricks. IV. Some bricks are boats. (a) Only I and II follow (b) Only III and IV follow (c) None follows (d) All follow (e) None of these 45. Statements: Some tigers are lions. Some lions are rabbits. Some rabbits are horses. Conclusions: I. Some tigers are horses. II. Some rabbits are tigers. III. Some horses are lions. IV. All horses are rabbits. (a) All follow (b) None follows (c) Only I and II follow (d) Only II and IV follow (e) Only IV follows 46. Statements: Some tapes are discs. Some discs are cassettes. Some cassettes are songs. Conclusions: I. Some songs are discs.

II. Some cassettes are tapes. III. Some songs are tapes. IV. No song is a disc. (a) Ony either I or IV follows (b) Only either II or IV follows (c) Only III and IV follow (d) Only III and either II or IV follows (e) None of these 47. Statements: No house is school. All colleges are schools are schools. All schools are teachers. Conclusions: I. No house is teacher. II. All colleges are teachers III. Some teachers are not houses. IV. No college is house. (a) None follows (b) Only either I or IV follows (c) Only II, III and IV follow (d) All follow (e) Only either I or IV and III follow 48. Statements: No table is fruit. No fruit is window. All windows are chairs. Conclusions: I. No window is table. II. No chair is fruit. III. No chair is table. IV. All chairs are window. (a) none follows (b) Only I and II follow (c) Only III and IV follow (d) All follow (e) None of these 49. Statements: Some trains are roads. No road is jungle. All flowers are jungles. Conclusions: I. Some trains are flowers. II. Some trains are jungles. III. Some flowers are trains. IV. No road is flower. (a) None follows (b) Only II follows (c) Only III follows (d) Only IV follows (e) All follow 50. Statements: All doors are roads. No road is fruit. Some flowers are doors. Conclusions: I. Some frits are doors. II. Some fruits are flowers. III. Some roads are flowers. IV. No fruit is flower. (a) Only either II or III and IV follow

(b) Only either II or IV and III follow (c) Only either II or IV and I follow (d) Only either II or IV follows (e) All follow 51. Statements: Some papers are cats. All cats are bats. No bat is horse. Conclusions: I. Some papers are horses II. No horse is cat. III. Some bats are papers. IV. All papers are bats. (a) Only I and II follow (b) Only II and III follow (c) Only III and IV follow (d) Only I and IV follow (e) All follow 52. Statements: Some pearls are stones. Some stones are diamonds. No diamond is a gem. Conclusions: I. Some gems are pearls. II. Some gems are diamonds. III. No gem is a diamond. IV. No gem is a pearl. (a) Only I and II follow (b) Only III and IV follow (c) Only either I or IV and Either II or III follow (d) Only III and either I or IV follow (e) None of these 53. Statements: Some dogs are rats. All rats are trees. Some trees are not dogs. Conclusions: I. Some trees are dogs. II. All dogs are trees. III. All rats are dogs. IV. No tree is dog. (a) None follows (b) Only I follow (c) Only I and II follow (d) Only II and III follow (e) All follow

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