Practice paper on syllogism
QUESTIONNAIRE – 1
Directions for Questions 1 to 10: Each question consists of five statements followed by options consisting of three statements put together in a specific order; choose the option which indicates a valid agreement, that is, where the third statement is a conclusion drawn from the preceding two statements
Example
- All burgers are hazardous to health
- Brand X is a burger
- Brand X is hazardous to health
ABC is a valid option where statement C can be concluded from statements A and B
- (A) All software companies employ knowledge workers
- (B) Vistara tech employs knowledge workers
- (C) Vistara tech is a software company
- (D) Some software companies employ knowledge workers
- (E) Vistara tech employs only knowledge workers
- (a) ABC
- (b) ACB
- (c) CDB
- (d) ACE
- (A) Traffic congestion increases carbon monoxide in the environment
- (B) Increase in carbon monoxide is hazardous to health
- (C) Traffic congestion is hazardous to health
- (D) Some traffic congestion does not cause increased carbon monoxide
- (E) Some traffic congestion is not hazardous to health
- (a) CBA
- (b) BDE
- (c) CDE
- (d) BAC
3.
- (A) mangoes are not sweets
- (B) Some mangoes are sweet
- (C) Some mangoes are tasty
- (D) Some mangoes are not tasty
- (E) No mango is tasty
- (a)CEA
- (b) BDC
- (c) CBD
- (d) EAC
4.
- (A) Some towns in Westeros are polluted
- (B) All polluted towns should be destroyed
- (C) Town Winterfell should be destroyed
- (D) Town Winterfell is polluted
- (E) Some towns in Westeros should be destroyed
- (a) BDE
- (b) BAE
- (c) ADE
- (d) CDB
- No patriot is a criminal
- Shamsher shah is not a criminal
- Shamsher shah is a patriot
- Shamsher shah is not a patriot
- Shamsher shah is a criminal
- (a) ACB
- (b) ABC
- (c) ADE
- (d) ABE
- (A) Anteaters like ants
- (B) Boys are anteaters
- (C) Ramesh is an anteater
- (D) Ramesh likes ants
- (E) Ramesh may eat ants
- (a) DCA
- (b) ADC
- (c) ABE
- (d) ACD
- (A) All actors are handsome
- (B) Some actors are popular
- (C) Ram is handsome
- (D) Ram is a popular actor
- (E) Some popular people are handsome
- (a) ACD
- (b) ABE
- (c) DCA
- (d) EDC
- (A) Modern industry is technology-driven
- (B) TESLA is a modern industry
- (C) TESLA is a technology driver
- (D) Technology driven industry is modern
- (a) ABC
- (b) ABD
- (c) BCA
- (d) EBC
- (A) All islanders are blue coloured people
- (B) Some smart people are not blue coloured people
- (C) Some babies are blue coloured
- (D) Some babies are smart
- (E) Some smart people are not islanders
- (a) BCD
- (b) ABE
- (c) CBD
- (d) None of the above
- (A) MBAs are in great demand
- (B) Shahrukh and Gauri are in Great demand
- (C) Shahrukh is in great demand
- (D) Gauri is in great demand
- (D) Shahrukh and Gauri are MBAs
- (a) ABE
- (b) ECD
- (c) AEB
- (d) EBA
ANSWER KEY
- Statement A says that “All software companies employ knowledge workers” and statements C says “Vistara tech is a software company”. Hence we can conclude statement B says Vistara Tech employs knowledge workers. Hence Answer in (b)
- Statement B says the increase in Carbon Monoxide is hazardous to health and statement A says Traffic congestion increases carbon monoxide in the environment. Hence we can conclude C that traffic congestion is hazardous to health. Hence answer is (d)
- Statement C :
From statement C & E :
Hence we can conclude that “No Mango is sweet”.
Therefore, the answer is (a)
- From statement B:
Therefore, the answer is (b).
- From statement A :
Therefore, the answer is (a).
- From A & C
Hence D is the conclusion from A & C. Therefore, the answer is (d).
- From A & B
Hence, we can conclude E.
Therefore, the answer is (b).
- From A & B
Hence, we can conclude C. Therefore, the answer is (a).
- From A & B
In all the 3 possibilities, E could be concluded. Therefore, the answer is (b).
- From A & E
Hence B can be concluded. Therefore, the answer is (c).
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Aditya Anand
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