Verbal Reasoning Class Exercise – 1 (ENG-BK)

Syllogisms
Directions for Q.1 -5: Each question given below has a set of three or four statements. Each set of
statements is further divided into three segments. Choose the statement(s) which is (are) logically
related i.e. where the third statement can be logically deduced from the previous two.

Q1 A: X is an actor. Some actors are pretty. X is pretty.

B: Some men are cops. All cops are brave. Some brave people are cops.
C: All actors are brave. Some men are actors. Some men are brave.
D: All actors are pretty. X is not an actor. X is not pretty.

(a) Only A (b) Both B and C (c) Only C (d) Only D

Q2. A: All circles have a center. This has a center. This is a circle.
B: No cows eat grass. All bulls eat grass. No bulls are cows.
C: Boys play cricket. Some girls do not play cricket. Some girls are not boys.
D: All books are notebooks. All notebooks are black. Some black are books.

(a) Only B (b) Only D (c) Both B and D (d) B, C and D (e) All of the above.

Q3. A: All locks are keys. Some keys do not open. Some locks do not open.
B: Some substances are crystalline. Marble is crystalline. Marble is a substance.
C: Reema is intelligent. Reema is a girl. All girls are intelligent.
D: Actors know Urdu. Shyam knows Urdu. Shyam is an actor.

(a) Both B and C (b) Only D (c) Both A and C (d) None of these.

Q4. A: All students are hard working. Ram is hard working. Ram is a student.
B: No student’s cheat. Ram is a student. Ram does not cheat.
C: Potatoes are stems. All stems are fruits. Potatoes are fruits.

(a) Only A (b) Both B and C (c) Both A and B (d) Both A and C

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Q5. A: No S is P. All X is S. No X is P.
B: No S is P. All X is S. All X is P.
C: Some S is not P. Some X is S. Some X is not P.
D: Some S is not P. All X is S. All X is P.
(a) Only A (b) Both A and B (c) Only C (d) Only D

DIRECTIONS FOR Q-6 – Q.15

Consider the following statements and determine which of them is/are correct:
6. No mango is an orange and no orange is an apple. Therefore, no mango is an apple.

7. All creatures are mammals but no creature is a bird. Therefore, no bird is a mammal.

8. Some musicians are not rich. All musicians are polite. Hence, not all polite persons are rich.

9. All fish can fly. Some fishes are birds. All birds are timid. Therefore, some timid can fly.

10. All coffee is tea. Some tea is sugar. Some coffee is sugar.

11. All dogs are cats and all rats are cats. Therefore, all dogs are rats.

12. Some cars are trucks. All trucks are electric. There are some electric cars.

13. All yellow are brown and no yellow is green. Therefore, no brown is green.

14. Some A’s and some B’s are C’s. Some C’s are both A’s and B’s. Therefore, some A’s are B’s.

15. All A’s are B’s. Some C’s are A’s. Therefore, some C’s are B’s.

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PYQ’s

Q1. (2012) Consider the following statements:

1. All artists are whimsical.
2. Some artists are drug addicts.
3. Frustrated people are prone to become drug addicts.
From the above three statements it may be concluded that
(a) Artists are frustrated.
(b) Some drug addicts are whimsical.
(c) All frustrated people are drug addicts.
(d) Whimsical people are generally frustrated.

Q2. (2012) Consider the following statements:

1. All X-brand cars parked here are white.
2. Some of them have radial tyres.
3. All X-brand cars manufactured after 1986 have radial tyres.
4. All cars are not X-brand.
Which one of the following conclusions can be drawn from the above statements?
(a) Only white cars are parked here.
(b) Some white X-brand cars with radial tyres are parked here.
(c) Cars other than X-brand cannot have radial tyres.
(d) Most of the X-brand cars are manufactured before 1986.

Q3. (2015) All good athletes want to win and all athletes who want to win eat a well-balanced
diet; therefore, all athletes who do not eat a well-balanced diet are bad athletes.
The best conclusion from this statement is that
(a) No bad athlete wants to win.
(b) No athlete who does not eat a well-balanced diet is a good athlete.
(c) Every athlete who eats a well-balanced diet is a god athlete.
(d) All athletes who want to win are good athletes.

Q4. (2017) Examine the following statements:

1. All colours are pleasant.
2. Some colours are pleasant.
3. No colour is pleasant.
4. Some colours are not pleasant.
Given that statement 4 is true, what can be definitely concluded?
(a) 1 and 2 are true (b) 3 is true (c) 2 is false (d) 1 is false

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Q5. (2017) Directions for the following two items: - Consider the given information and answer
the two items that follow.
No supporters of ‘party X’, who knew Z and supported his campaign strategy, agreed for the alliance
with ‘party Y’; but some of them had friends in ‘party Y’.
(i) With reference to the above information, which one among the following statements must be
true?
(a) Some supporters of ‘party Y’ did not agree for the alliance with the ‘party X’.
(b) There is atleast one supporter of ‘party Y’ who knew some supporters of ‘party X’ as a friend.
(c) No supporters of ‘party X’ supported Z’s campaign strategy.
(d) No supporters of ‘party X’ knew Z.
(ii) With reference to the above information, consider the following statements.
1. Some supporters of ‘party X’ knew Z
2. Some supporters of ‘party X’, who opposed Z’s campaign strategy, knew Z.
3. No supporters of ‘party X’ supported Z’s campaign strategy.
Which of the statements given above is /or are not correct?
(a) 1 only (b) 2 and 3 only (c) 3 only (d) 1,2 and 3

Q6. (2019) Consider the following statements and conclusions:

Statements:
1. Some rats are cats.
2. Some cats are dogs.
3. No dog is a cow.
Conclusions:
1. No cow is a cat.
2. No dog is a rat.
3. Some cats are rats.
Which of the above conclusions is/are drawn from the statements?
(a) I, II and III (b) Only I and II (c) Only III (d) Only II and III
Q7. (2020) Two statements are given followed by two conclusions:
Statements: All cats are dogs. All cats are black.
Conclusion I: All dogs are black.
Conclusion II: Some dogs are not black.
Which of the above conclusions logically follows/follow from the two given statements disregarding
commonly known facts?
(a) Only Conclusion I
(b) Only Conclusion II
(c) Neither Conclusion I nor Conclusion II
(d) Both Conclusion I and Conclusion II

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Q8. (2021) Consider two statements and four conclusions given below.
Statement 1: Some greens are blues.
Statement 2: Some blues are blacks.
Conclusion 1: Some greens are blacks.
Conclusion 2: No green is black.
Conclusion 3: All greens are blacks.
Conclusion 4: All blacks are greens.

Which one of the following is correct?

(a) Conclusion 1 and 2 only
(b) Conclusion 2 and 3 only
(c) Conclusion 3 and 4 only
(d) Neither of the above.

Directions for Question 9 and 10 (2021):

A statement followed by Conclusion I and Conclusion II is given below. You have to take the
statement to be true even if it seems to be at variance from the commonly known facts. Read all
conclusions and then decide which of the given conclusion(s) logically follow(s) from the statement,
disregarding the commonly known facts. Choose from the code below:
Which one of the following is correct?
(a) Only Conclusion I
(b) Only Conclusion II
(c) Both Conclusion I and Conclusion II
(d) Neither Conclusion I nor Conclusion II

Q9. Statement: Some radios are mobiles. All mobiles are computers. Some computers are
watches.
Conclusion I: Certainly, some radios are watches.
Conclusion II: Certainly, some mobiles are watches.

Q10. Statement: Some cats are almirahs. Some almirahs are chairs. All chairs are tables.
Conclusion I: Certainly, some almirahs are tables.
Conclusion II: Some cats may not be chairs.

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