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Directions (1 – 10):
(A) only 1st follows
(B) only 2nd follows
(C) either 1st or 2nd
(D) neither 1st nor 2nd
(E) both 1st and 2nd
- Statements: All blues are reds. No red is a black. All yellows are blacks. All blacks are oranges.
Conclusions:
I. Some oranges are reds.
II. Some yellows are blues is a possibility.(D) neither 1st nor 2nd
Explanation:
I is not definite
II – if any yellow is blues, then some blacks will be reds which is not possible as shown below - Statements: Some oranges are apples. All apples are grapes. No grape is a guava. All cherries are guavas.
Conclusions:
I. All oranges are cherries is a possibility.
II. No cherry is apple.(B) only 2nd follows
Explanation:
I – if all oranges are cherries, then some guavas will be grapes which is not possible.
II – is true because if any cherry is apple, then some guavas will be grapes which is not possible. - Statements: Some apples are oranges. All oranges are papayas. Some papayas are grapes. All grapes are pines.
Conclusions:
I. Some grapes are not apples
II. All grapes being oranges is a possibility.(B) only 2nd follows
Explanation:
I – does not follow because all grapes are apples is a possibility as
II is a possibility. - Statements: All views are reviews. Some fonts are reviews. All clips are fonts. No style is font
Conclusions:
I. No style is clip
II. All styles are reviews is a possibility.(E) both 1st and 2nd
Explanation:
I is definite.
II is a possibility. - Statements: Some pages are pencils. Some pencils are fonts. Some fonts are spaces. Some spaces are dusters.
Conclusions:
I. Some pages are fonts
II. Some fonts are dusters(D) neither 1st nor 2nd
Explanation:
Both not definite. - Statements: Some sets are mails. Some mails are erasers. Some erasers are scales. Some scales are sites.
Conclusions:
I. Some scales are not mails.
II. All sites are sets.(D) neither 1st nor 2nd
Explanation:
All scales are erasers is a possibility, so I does not follow. II not definite. - Statements: All dogs are cats. No cat is a tiger. All tigers are rats. Some tigers are lions.
Conclusions:
I. All cats being rats is a possibility
II. Some lions are dogs.(A) only 1st follows
Explanation:
I is a possibility
II is not definite. - Statements: All news are olds. No old is a plastic. All plastics are shutters. Some shutters are houses.
Conclusions:
I. Some plastics are houses
II. All news being shutters is a possibility.(B) only 2nd follows
Explanation:
I is not definite
II is a possibility - Statements: All circles are square. All square are cone. No cone is triangle. Some rectangle are circles.
Conclusions:
I. No circle is triangle
II. Some rectangle are cone(E) both 1st and 2nd
Explanation:
I and II is definite - Statements: Some pages are documents. All documents are inks. All inks are spaces. No letter is ink.
Conclusions:
I. Some letters are documents is a possibility.
II. All letters being spaces is a possibility(B) only 2nd follows
Explanation:
If some letters are documents, then some inks will be letters which is not possible.
II is a possibility.
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