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15. 16. LOGICAL CONNECTIVES

Directions for Q1 to Q5: Select the alternative that logically
follows the two given statements.

1. Some pens are pencils.

All Pencils are costly.
17. 18. (a) Some pens are costly.
(b) All pens are costly.
(c) No pens are costly.
(d) All costly things are pens.
(e) None of these

19. 20. 2. No man is a woman.

All women are beautiful.
(a) Some beautiful are not men.
(b) No men are beautiful.
(c) All men are beautiful.
(d) Both (a) and (b).
21. 22. (e) Both (b) and (c).

3. All cigarettes are cigars.

Some cigarettes are not good for health.
(a)Some cigars are not good for health.
(b) Some cigars are good for health.
23. 24. (c) No cigar is good for health.
(d) Both (a) and (b).
(e) None of these

4. Some doctorates are Professors.

All Professors are Principals.

25. 26. (a) Some doctorates are not Principals.

(b) Some doctorates are Principals.
(c) No doctorates are Principals.
(d) Both (a) and (c).
(e) None of these

5. No election is fair.
27. 28. Some expensive things are fair.
(a) No election is expensive.
(b) Some elections are expensive.
(c) All expensive things are elections.
(d) Some expensive things are not elections.
(e) None of these
29. 30.
Directions for Q6 to Q10: The questions given below have four
groups of three statements each. Read the statements in each
group carefully and identify the group / groups where the third
statement logically follows the first two statements in the group.

6. (i) All evenings are pleasant.

Some days are pleasant.
Some days are evenings.

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(ii) All children are active.
All elders are hyper.
All hyper are active.
(iii) Some fashions are vogue.
No style is vogue.
Some fashions are styles.
(iv) No painters are sellers.
All painters are tax payers.
Some sellers are tax payers.
(a) Only (i) (iii) & (iv)
(c) Only (iii)
(e) None of these
7. (i) All palaces are villas.
Some mansions are palaces.
Some villas are mansions.
(ii) Politicians are polite.
Pluto is not polite.
Pluto is not a politician.
(iii) People want good government.
Only democracy gives good government.
People want democracy.
(iv) Some opinions are judgments.
All decisions are judgments.
Some decisions are opinions.
(a) Only (i)
(c) Only (i), (ii) and (iii)
(e) None of these
8. (i) All books are copies.
All copies are papers.
All books are papers.
(ii) All cubes are squares.
All cubes are triangles.
All triangles are squares.
(iii) All singers are dancers.
All dancers are musicians.
All musicians are singers.
(iv) No cook is hen.
All hens are chickens.
No hen is chicken.
(a) Only (iv)
(c) Only (ii) and (iii)
(e) Only (i) and (iii)
9. (i) All cats are dogs.
No dogs are rats.
All cats are rats.
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(ii) Many mothers are sisters.
All sisters are goddess.
Many mothers are goddess.
(ii) Some shirts are pants.
All pants are shorts.
Some shirts are shorts.
(iv) No plane is ship.
No ship is bus.
No bus is plane.
(a) (ii) only (b) (iii) only
(b) Only (iv)
(c) (iv) only (d) (ii), (iii) only
(d) Only (ii) and (iii)
(e) None of these
10. (i) All tools are made of iron.
Some hammers are tools.
Some hammers are made of iron.
(ii) No Negro is fair.
Some Europeans are fair.
No Negro is European.
(iii) No wolf is a tiger.
Some bears are wolves.
Some bears are tigers.
(iv) No sitar is a guitar.
No guitar is violin.
No violin is sitar.
(a) (i) only (b) (i) and (iv) only
(c) (iii) only (d) (iv) only
(b) Only (ii)
(e) None of these
(d) Only (ii) and (iv)
Directions for Q11 to Q20: Each question has a main statement
followed by four statements labeled A, B, C and D. choose the
ordered pair of statements where the first statement implies the
second and the two statements are logically consistent with the
main statement.
11. Either the program has a bug or the computer has a virus.
(A) The program does not have a bug.
(B) The computer has a virus.
(C) The computer does not have a virus.
(D) The program has a bug.
(a) C A only (b) C D only
(c) D C and B A (d) C D and A B
(e) A B only
12. Either the tank has a leak or the outlet is open.
(b) Only (i) (A) The tank does not have a leak.
(d) Only (i) and (iv) (B) The outlet is open.
(C) The outlet is not open.
(D) The tank has a leak.
(a) C A only (b) C D only
(c) D C and B A (d) C D and A B
(e) None of these
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13. If the hut is tall, then the skyscraper is short. 18. Unless the party gets a majority, the house will be
(A) The hut is tall. dissolved and the president’s rule will be imposed.
(B) The hut is not tall. (a) The party got a majority, it means that either the
house will not be dissolved or the presidents rule will
(C) The sky scraper is short.
not be imposed.
(D) The sky scraper is not short. (b) The house is not dissolved or the president’s rule is
(a) C A (b) B D (c) B C not imposed means that the party got a majority.
(d) D B (e) None of these (c) The house is not dissolved and the president’s rule is
not imposed means that the party got a majority.
14. The umpire gives a break, only if the audience get bored.
(d) The party did not get a majority and the house is not
(A) The umpire gave a break. dissolved, means the president’s rule is imposed.
(B) The umpire did not give a break. (e) Both (b) and (c).
(C) The audience do not get bored.
Directions for Q19 and Q20: Each question below consists of a
(D) The audience got bored. statement followed by four option statements. From the option
(a) C D (b) A D (c) B C statements, select the one that logically negates the main
(d) D B (e) None of these statement.

15. Unless the Sun sets, the Moon does not rise. 19. Either the batsman is out or the decision is wrong.
(A) The moon rises. (a) The batsman is not out and the decision is wrong.

(B) The sun sets. (b) The decision is not wrong and the batsman is not out.
(c) The batsman is out and the decision is not wrong.
(C) The moon does not rise.
(d) The decision is not wrong and the batsman is out.
(D) The sun did not set.
(e) None of these
(a) A D (b) C D (c) C B
(d) A B (e) None of these 20. The boy plays, unless he is hungry.
(a) The boy is hungry and he does not play.
Directions for Q16 to Q18: Each question below consists of a main
(b) The boy is playing and he is not hungry.
statement followed by option statements. From the option.
(c) The boy is hungry and he is playing.
statements select the one that logically follows the main statement.
(d) The boy is not playing and he is not hungry.
16. Whenever India plays Pakistan, I will either bite my nails (e) None of these
or my B P rises.
(a) India is not playing Pakistan means that I will nether VENN DIAGRAM
bite my nails nor my B P does rise.
Venn diagrams are an effective way of representing sets and
(b) I am biting my nails or my B P rises, implies that India their operations and constitute a solving technique for problems
is playing Pakistan. based on sets and this operations.
(c) I am not biting my nails or my B P did not rise means
It is, therefore, imperative that before we discuss Venn
that India is not playing Pakistan.
diagrams, we need to understand the conceptual principles of
(d) India is playing Pakistan but my B P is not rising set and its operations.
means that I must be biting my nails.
(e) Both (b) and (c). SET THEORY

The three terms that are essential in understanding the set

17. If Rama leaves Ayodhya, then he will go to forest or to Sri
Lanka.
(a) Rama did not go to forest and did not go to Sri Lanka
implies that he did not leave Ayodhya.
(b) Rama did not leave Ayodhya implies that he will not
go to forest or will not go to Sri Lanka.
(c) Rama went to forest or to Sri Lanka implies that he
did not leave Ayodhya.
(d) Rama did not leave AYodhya implies that he will not
go to forest and will not go to Sri Lanka.
(e) None of these
theory are – set, universal set and subset.
A set is a collection of well-defined objects. Each member of a
set is called an element. All elements of a set follow a certain
pattern and share a common property among them.
For, example, the collection of first five prime numbers is a set
containing the elements 2, 3, 5, 7, 11 and the rule that is
common to them is that all the five numbers are prime.
Similarly, the collection of cricketers in the world who were out
for 99 runs in a test match is a set. All of them had missed the
century by one run.

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