Reasoning Questions: Syllogism Set 22

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1. Statements: – All girls are dancers. No dancers are boys. Some boys are cricketer.
   Conclusions: – 1) no cricketer is a dancer 2) some dancer being cricketer is a possibility.
   1) If only conclusion I follows.
   2) If only conclusion II follows.
   3) If either conclusion I or II follows.
   4) If neither conclusion I nor II follows.
   5) If both conclusions I and II follows
   

   Answer & Explanation

   Answer –  2) If only conclusion II follows.
   Explanation :
   
   
2. Statements: – Some squares are parallelogram. No parallelogram is a triangle. No rhombus is a square.
   Conclusions: – 1) All square can never be triangle 2) some rhombus are parallelogram
   1) If only conclusion I follows.
   2) If only conclusion II follows.
   3) If either conclusion I or II follows.
   4) If neither conclusion I nor II follows.
   5) If both conclusions I and II follows
   

   Answer & Explanation

   Answer –  1) If only conclusion I follows
   Explanation :
   
   
3. Statements: – No hardware is software. Some software is keyboard. All mouse are software.
   Conclusions: – 1) No mouse is a hardware 2) Some hardware are mouse
   1) If only conclusion I follows.
   2) If only conclusion II follows.
   3) If either conclusion I or II follows.
   4) If neither conclusion I nor II follows.
   5) If both conclusions I and II follows
   

   Answer & Explanation

   Answer –  1) If only conclusion I follows
   Explanation :
   
   
4. Statements: – All pens are eraser. All copies are pens. No pencil is a eraser
   Conclusions: – 1) At least some pens are pencil 2) No pencil is a copy
   1) If only conclusion I follows.
   2) If only conclusion II follows.
   3) If either conclusion I or II follows.
   4) If neither conclusion I nor II follows.
   5) If both conclusions I and II follows
   

   Answer & Explanation

   Answer –  2) If only conclusion 2 follows
   Explanation :
   
   
5. Statements: – Some boots are foot. All bats are boots. All foot are volleyballs. No fund is a bat.
   Conclusions: – 1) All volleyballs being boots is a possibility 2) All funds being boot is a possibility
   1) If only conclusion I follows.
   2) If only conclusion II follows.
   3) If either conclusion I or II follows.
   4) If neither conclusion I nor II follows.
   5) If both conclusions I and II follows
   

   Answer & Explanation

   Answer –  5) if both conclusions I and II follow
   Explanation :
   When boots, foot and volleyball completely overlaps each other then conclusion 1 follows.
   
   
   
6. Statements: – No star is a galaxy. All galaxies are planets. All stars are moons.
   Conclusions: –1) some moons if they are galaxies must be planets 2) Some stars which are planets may also be galaxies.
   1) If only conclusion I follows.
   2) If only conclusion II follows.
   3) If either conclusion I or II follows.
   4) If neither conclusion I nor II follows.
   5) If both conclusions I and II follows
   

   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – 1)  if Only conclusion 1 follows Explanation :
   
   
7. Statements: – No RNA is DNA. Some cells are muscles. All DNA are cells
   Conclusions: – 1) All DNAs are muscles 2) all cells being RNA is a possibility
   1) If only conclusion I follows.
   2) If only conclusion II follows.
   3) If either conclusion I or II follows.
   4) If neither conclusion I nor II follows.
   5) If both conclusions I and II follows
   

   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – 4) If neither conclusion I nor II follows
   Explanation :
   
   
8. Statements: – Some A is B. Some B is not C. All D are A.
   Conclusions: – 1) Some A are not C. 2) All D are B
   1) If only conclusion I follows.
   2) If only conclusion II follows.
   3) If either conclusion I or II follows.
   4) If neither conclusion I nor II follows.
   5) If both conclusions I and II follows
   

   Answer & Explanation

   Answer –  4) If neither conclusion I nor II follows
   Explanation :
   1^st conclusion doesn’t follows always as there is a possibility that all C will be A and second conclusion directly don’t follow
   
   
   
9. Statements: – All P is Q. All Q are R. Some Q are S.
   Conclusions: – 1) All S being R is a possibility 2) No Q is S.
   1) If only conclusion I follows.
   2) If only conclusion II follows.
   3) If either conclusion I or II follows.
   4) If neither conclusion I nor II follows.
   5) If both conclusions I and II follows
   

   Answer & Explanation

   Answer –  1) if only conclusion 1 follows
   Explanation :
   
   
10. Statements: – All staplers are printers. No printer is a scanner. All scanners are machines
    Conclusions: – 1) All staplers being machines is a possibility 2) No stapler is a scanner.
    1) If only conclusion I follows.
    2) If only conclusion II follows.
    3) If either conclusion I or II follows.
    4) If neither conclusion I nor II follows.
    5) If both conclusions I and II follows
    

    Answer & Explanation

    Answer –  5) If both conclusions I and II follow
    Explanation :