Reasoning
Conclusions:
SYLLOGISM
Directions (15 -19) : In each
of the questions below are given three
statements followed by two conclu-
sions numbered I and II. You have to
take the given statements to be true
even if they seem to be at variance
from commonly knownfacts and then
decide which of the given conclusions
logically follows from the statements
disregarding commonly known facts.
Give answer (1) if only conclu-
sion I follows.
Give answer (2) if only conclu-
sion II follows.
Give answer (3) if either con-
clusion I or conclusion II follows.
Give answer (4) if neither con-
clusion I nor conclusion II follows.
Give answer (5) if both conclu-
sions I and II follow.
15. Statements:
Some casual are formal.
All formal are expensive.
All expensive are elegant.
Conclusions:
I. All formal are elegant.
II. Some casual are expensive.
16. Statements:
All roses are red.
Some red are colour.
All colour are paints.
Conclusions:
I. Some red are paints.
II. All red are roses.
17. Statements:
All towns are cities.
All cities are urban.
Some urban are rural.
Conclusions:
I. Some towns are rural.
II. All rural are towns.
18. Statements:
All medicines are tablets.
Some tablets are tonics.
Some tonics are bitter.
I. Some tablets are bitter.
II. No medicine is a tonic.
19. Statements:
All incomes are salaries.
Some salaries are perks.
Some perks are tangible.
Conclusions:
I. Some incomes are tangible.
II. At least some perks are sal-
aries.
[SBI Associates Clerk Exam.
16.01.2011]
EXPLANATIONS
19. (2) Conclusion II is Converse oi
the second Premise.
Directions (20-23) :Thesaques-
tions are based on six statements. For
each question, two conclusions num-
bered i and II are given. You have to
take given statements to be true even
if they seem to be at variance from
commonly known facts. Read all the
conclusions and then decide which of
the given conclusions logically and defi-
nitely follows from the given statements
disregarding commonly known facts.
Give answer (1) if only conclu-
sion I follows.
Give answer (2) if only conclu-
sion II follows.
Give answer (3) if either con-
clusion I or conclusion II follows.
Give answer (4) if neither con-
clusion I nor conclusion 0 follows.
Give answer (5) if both conclu-
sions I and II follow.
Statements:
Some Necklaces are Bangles.
All Bangles are Ornaments.
Some Ornaments are Treasures.
No Treasure is Picture:
All Colours are Pictures.
Some Pictures are Necklaces.
20. Conclusions:
I. All Treasures if th ey are also
Bangles they are also neces-
sarily Ornaments.
II. All Necklaces if they are also
Colours they are also neces-
sarily Pictures.
21. Conclusions:
I. All Ornaments which are
Necklaces are necessarily
Bangles.
II. No Colour is Treasure.
22. Conclusions:
I. Some Colours are Necklaces.
II. Some Ornaments are Neck-
laces.
 23. Conclusions:
I. Some T r e a s u r e s are not
Bangles.
K. Some Treasures that are
Bangles are also Necklaces.
[PNB Management Trainee Exam,
28.11.20101
EXPLANATIONS
20. (4) None of the Conclusions fol-
lows.
21. (4) Neither Conclusion! not Con-
clusion II follows.
22. (2) Conclusion II is Converse of
Conclusion A.
23. (4) Neither Conclusion I nor Con-
clusion II follows.
Directions (24 - 28) : In each
question below are three statements
followed by two conclusions numbered
I and II. You have to take the three
given statements to be true even IT
they seem to be at variance from com-
monly known facts and then decide
which of the given conclusions logi-
cally follows from the three statements
disregarding commonly known facts.
Give answer (1) if only conclu-
sion I follows.
Give answer (ii) if only conclu-
sion II follows.
Give answer (3) if either conclu-
sion I or conclusion II follows.
Give answer {4) if neither con-
clusion I nor conclusion II follows..
Give answer {5} if both conclu-
sion I and conclusion II follow:
24. Statements:
All keys are locks.
No lock is a door.
All doors are windows.
Conclusions:
I. No key is a door.
If. Some windows are locks.
25. Statements:
All districts are cities.
All states are cities.
Some cities are countries,
Conclusions:
I. Some states are districts.
II. Some countries are states.
26. Statements:
All books are pages.
All libraries are books.
All words are pages.
Conclusions:
I. All words are books.
II. All libraries are pages.
27. Statements:
All ships are aeroplanes.
All trucks are ships.
' Allcars are trucks.
Conclusions:
I. Some ships are not cars.
II. AH cars are aeroplanes.
28. Statements:
Some clouds are ashes.
Some ashes are particles.
All particles are elements.
Conclusions:
I. No particle is a cloud.
II. Some elements are ashes.
[Syndicate Bank PO exam,
29.08.2010]
EXPLANATIONS Directions (29 - 33) : In each
question below are given three state-
ments followed by two conclusions
numbered I and II. You haye to take
the given statements to be true even
if they seem to be at variance from
commonly known facts. Read all the
conclusions and then decide which of
the given conclusions logically follows
from the given statements disregard-
ing commonly known facts.
Give answer (1) if only conclu
sion I follows.
Give answer (2) if only conclu-
sion II fclIower.
 Give answer (3) if either conclu-
sion I or II follows.
Give answer (4) if neither con-
clusion I nor II follows..
Give answer (5) if both conclu-
sions I and II follow.
29. Statements:
Some doors are windows.
All windows are floors.
All floors are ceilings.
Conclusions:
I. Some doors are floors.
II. All windows are ceilings.
30. Statements:
Some computers are books.
Some books are pens.
All pens are notebooks.
Conclusions:
I. Some books are notebooks
II. Some notebooks are comput-
ers.
31. Statements:
Some shoes are socks.
All socks are sandals.
All sandals are trousers.
Conclusions:
I. All trousers are socks.
II. Some sandals are shoes.
32. Statements:
All bottles are jars.
Some jars are bowls.
Some bowls are buckets.
Conclusions :
I. Some bottles are bowls.
II. Some buckets are jars.
33. Statements:
All fruits are flowers.
, No flower is sweet.
Some sweets are desserts.
Conclusions:
I. Some desserts are flowers.
II. No dessert is flower.
[Satpura-Narmada Gramin Bank
Officer Exam, 05.09.2010;

EXPLANATIONS
41. Statements:
All A are Z.
All Z are X.
All Y are A.
Conclusions;
I. All A are Y.
II. All Y are X.
42. Statements:
' Some water is cold.
No cold is milk.
Some milk is water.
Conclusions:
I. Some water that is cold is milk.
II. Some milk that is water is cold.
43. Statements:
Some waste is white.
Some white is water.
Some water is waste.
Conclusions:
I. Some waste which is white is
water.
II. Some water is neither waste
nor white.
[Central Bank of India PO Exam,
25.07.2010
"EXPLANATIONS!
(34 -43) :
(i) All chairs are stones → Univer­
sal Affirmative (A­type).
(ii) Some wood are chairs → Partic­
ular Affirmative (I­type).
(ill) No table is wood → Universal
Negative (E­type).
(iv) Some tables are not.wood → Par­
ticular Negative (O­type).
34. (2) No table is wood.
Some wood are chairs.
type of Conclusion
"Some chairs are not tables"
Some wood are chairs.
This is Conclusion I.
Conclusion II is Converse of the
second Premise.
36. 131 Some mangoes are red.
All red arc vegetables.
"Some mangoes are vegetables."
Conclusions I and II form Com­
plementary " ­ Therefore, ei­
P a u
ther Conclusion I or II follows.
37. (3) Both the Premises are Partic­
ular Affirmative (I­type). No Con­
clusion follows from the two Par­
ticular Premises.
Conclusions I and II form Com­
plementary Pair. Therefore, ei­
ther Conclusfon I or II follows.
38. (4) All the three Premises are
Particular Affirmative (I­type). No
. Conclusion follows from the two
Particular Premises.
39. (5) Some caps are shirts.
All shirts are papers.
type of Conclusion
"Some caps are papers."
Conclusion I is true.
Conclusion II is Converse of the
first Premise.
40. (4) Less than 100% means 'some'.
Therefore, all the three Premises
are Particular Affirmative (I­type).
No Conclusion follows from the
two Particular Premises.
43. (4) All the three Premises are
Particular Affirmative (I­type). No
Conclusion follows from the two
Particular Premises.
Directions (44 - 48) : In each
question below are either two or three
statements followed by two conclu­
sions I and II. You have to take the
two or three given statements to be
true and then decide which of the giv­
en conclusions logically follows from
the three given statements, disregard­
ing the commonly known facts.
Give answer (1) if only conclu­
sion I follows.
Give answer (2) if only conclu­
sion II follows.
Give answer (3) if either conclu­
sion I or conclusion II follows.
Give answer (4) if neither con­
clusion I nor conclusion II follows.
Give EaEWSi* (5) if both conclu­
sion I and conclusion II follow.
44. Statements:
All coconuts are palms.
Some palms are pines.
All pines are ferns.
Conclusions:
I. Some ferns are coconuts.
II. Some ferns are palms.
45. Statements:
Some buildings are houses.
All houses are bungalows.
Some bungalows are tov/ers.
 Conclusions: 50. statements:
I. Sortie towers are buildings. Some doors are tables.
1!. All houses are towers. Some tables are pots.
43. Statements I All pots are dishes.
Some documents are files. Conclusions!
No file is a folder. I. Gome dishes are doors.
All folders are envelopes. B. Some dishes are tables.
51. Statements:
Conclusions:
Some ropes are sticks.
I. Some envelopes are folders.
Some sticks are rods.
II. Some documents are enve-
Some rods are bridges.
lopes. Conclusions:
47. Statements: I. Some bridges are sticks.
All paints are brushes. II. Some rods are ropes.
All brushes are canvases. 52. Statements:
All canvases are frames. All chairs are mats.
Conclusions; Some mats are windows.
I. Some frames are brushes. All windows are racks.
II. All paints are canvases. Conclusions:
48. Statements: t. Some racks are mats.
All graphs are tables. II. Some windows are chairs.
All charts are tables. [Narmada-Malwa Gramin Bank
Some tables are diagrams. Clerk Exam, 31.10.2010]
Conclusions:
I Some charts are graphs. EXPLANATIONS
II. All graphs are diagrams.
[Indian Bank Clerk Exam,
22.08.20101

EXPLANATIONS
Directions (49 -50) : In each
of the questions below are given three
statements followed by two
conclusions numbered 1 and II. You
have to take the given statements to
be true even if they seem to be at
variance from commonly known facts
Read all the conclusions and then
decide which of the given conclusions
l o g i c a l l y - f o l l o w s from the given
statements disregarding commonly
known facts.
Give a n s w e r (1) : if only
Conclusion 1 follows.
G i v e a a s w e r (2) : if only
Conclusion II follows.
Give answer (35 : if either
Conclusion I or II follows.
Give answer ( i ) ; if neither
Conclusion I nor II follows.
Give a n s w e r (5) : if both
Conclusions 1 and II follow.
49. Statements
All books are pencils.
No pencil is rock.
Some rocks are stones
Conclusions :
I. Some stones are books.
II. No stone is book.