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QUICK TEST SYLLOGISM FOR IBPS PO

Directions (Q. 1-10): In each question below are given two or three 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
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 follow.
(1-2):
Statements: Some colleges are universities.
All colleges are schools.
All schools are hostels.

1. Conclusions:
I. Some colleges are not hostels.
II. All schools being universities is a possibility.
2. Conclusions:
I. All universities can never be hostels.
II. Any university which is a college is a hostel.
(3-4):
Statements: All pens are pencils.
No pencil is a paper.
All papers are notebooks.

3. Conclusions:
I. All pens being notebooks is a possibility.
II. All notebooks being pencils is a possibility.

4. Conclusions:
I. All notebooks if they are pencils are also pens.
II. No pen is a paper.
5. Statements: Some bikes are motors.
All machines are bikes.
Conclusions:
I. All machines are motors.
II. Some machines being motors is a possibility.

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(6-7):
Statements: All tables are chairs.
No chair is a cooler.
All coolers are fans.
6. Conclusions:
I. No fan is a table.
II. All chairs being fans is a possibility.
7. Conclusions:
I. No table is a cooler.
II. All tables being fans is a possibility.
8. Statements: Some erasers are pens.
All boxes are pens.
Conclusions:
I. All erasers being boxes is a possibility.
II. No box is an eraser.
(9-10):
Statements: No weak is strong.
Some strong are winners.
All winners are modest.
9. Conclusions:
I. No modest is strong.
II. All modest being strong is a possibility.
10. Conclusions:
I. All weak being modest is a possibility.
II. No weak is a winner.

ANSWERS WITH EXPLANATIONS:

1. 2;

I does not follow because there is no negative statement.

I + A = I (Some colleges are universities conversion Some universities are colleges
+ All colleges are schools = Some universities are schools. Hence, probability of II exists.

2. 2;

Some universities are colleges + All colleges are schools (I + A = I) = Some universities
are schools. This does not lead us to I. II follows because All colleges are hostels.

3. 1;

No pencil is a paper + All papers are notebooks (E + A O*) Some notebooks are not
pencils. Hence, possibility of II is ruled out. All pens are pencils + No pencil is a paper (A
+ E = E) No pen is a paper + All papers are notebooks (E + A O*) Some notebooks
are not pens. This does not rule out the possibility of I.

4. 2;

II follows (A + E = E) but I does not follow unless All pencils are pens.

5. 2;

Since there is no negative statement, possibility exists but certainty does not follow.

6. 2;

All tables are chairs + No chair is a cooler (A + E = E) = No table is a cooler + All cooler
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are fans (E + A = O*) = Some fans are not tables. Hence, I does not follow. But No chair
is a cooler + All coolers are fans = Some fans are not chairs. This leaves us with the
possibility of II.
7. 5;

A + E = E. So, I follows. We also get Some fans are not tables. This leaves the possibility
of II.

8. 1;

There is no negative statement. Hence II does not follow and I follows.

9. 2;

I + A = I. Hence, Some strong are winners + All winners are modest = Some strong are
modest. This leaves us with the possibility of II.

10. 1; No weak is strong + Some strong are modest = E + I = O* = Some modest are not weak.
This leaves us with the possibility of I. While No weak is strong + Some strong are
winners (E + I O*). So, II does not follow.

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