SYLLOGISMS

• Tick and cross Method

• Venn diagram Method
• Tick and cross Method
• Venn diagram Method
1)Statements:
Some actors are singers.
All the singers are dancers.

Conclusions:
• Some actors are dancers.
• No singer is actor.
2)Statements:
Some papers are pens.
All the pencils are pens.

Conclusions:
• Some pens are pencils.
• Some pens are papers.
3)Statements:
All the trucks are flies.
Some scooters are flies.

Conclusions:
• All the trucks are scooters.
• Some scooters are trucks.
4)All rivers are seas.
(A) Some streams are rivers.
(B) Some streams are boats.
(C) Some boats are rivers.
(D) Some streams are seas.

(a) AD (b) DA
(c) AB (d) BC
5)
(A) College students are intelligent.
(B) Intelligence is a collegian’s attribute.
(C) Ram’s sister is a college student.
(D) Ram is a college student.
(E) All intelligent persons go to college.
(F) Ram is intelligent.

(a) ADF (b) BCD

(c) ABF (d) ABD
6)
(A) Laxman is a man.
(B) Meera is Laxman’s wife.
(C) Some women are islands.
(D) No man is an island.
(E) Meera is not an island.
(F) Laxman is not an island.

(a) ADE (b) ABE

(c) ADF (d) CDE
7)
Some gems are pendants.
Some pendants are metals.
All metals are gold.

CONCLUSIONS
1.Some gold are gems.
2.No gold is a gem.

a) Only 1 b)only 2
c)Either 1 or 2 d)neither 1 or 2
8)
• Some boxes are machines.
• Some machines are computers.
• Some computers are phones
Conclusions
1. Some phones are machines.
2. Some machines are boxes.
a) Only 1 b) Only 2
c)Either 1 or 2 d) Neither 1 or 2
9)
Statements: All the locks are keys.
All the keys are bats.
Some watches are bats.
Conclusions: (1)Some bats are locks.
(2)Some watches are keys.
(3)All the keys are locks.
A.Only (1) and (2) B.Only (1)
C.Only (2) D.Only (1) and (3)
10)
Statements:
All the bottles are boxes.
All the boxes are bags.
Some bags are trays.
Conclusions:
1. Some bottles are trays.
2.Some trays are boxes.
3.All the bottles are bags.
4.Some trays are bags.
A.Only (3) and (4) B.Only (1) and (2)
C.Only (2) and (3) D.Only (1) and (4)
Your thoughts determine your reality.

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