Directions: In the following questions, few statements are given and these statements are 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 from commonly known facts. Read the conclusions and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the given statements, disregarding commonly known facts.
Choose,
(A) Only (i) conclusion follows
(B) Only (ii) conclusion follows,
(C) Neither (i) nor (ii) follows
(D) Both (i) and (ii) follow
(E) Either (i) or (ii) follows
(OSSC CGLE 2021 / 11 OCT to 20 OCT 2022)
01. Statements: All balls are Balloons. All Bats are balls.
Conclusions:
i) All Bats are Balloons.
ii) All Balloons are balls.
02. Statements: Some Bats are Balloons. All Balloons are balls.
Conclusions:
i) Some Bats are balls.
ii) No Bat is ball
03. Statements: All Bats are balls. Some balls are Balloons.
Conclusions:
i) Some Bats are Balloons.
ii) Some balls are Bats.
04. Statements: Some Bats are balls. Some balls are Balloons.
Conclusions:
i) Some Bats are Balloons.
ii) Some balls are Bats.
05. Statements: No Bat is ball. No ball is Balloon.
Conclusions:
i) All Bats are Balloons.
ii) Some Balloons are Bats.
06. Statements: All cities are towns. All towns are states. All states are continents.
Conclusions:
i) All cities are states.
ii) All towns are continents.
07. Statements: Some cities are towns. All towns are states. All cities are continents.
Conclusions:
i) Some cities are states.
ii) Some continents are towns.
08. Statements: All cities are towns. Some towns are states. All states are continents.
Conclusions:
i) Some cities are states.
ii) Some continents are cities.
09. Statements: Some cities are towns. All towns are states. Some states are continents.
Conclusions:
(i) Some cities are states.
(ii) Some continents are towns.
10. Statements: All oaks are banyans. Some banyans are palms. No palm is tree.
Conclusions:
i) Some oaks are palms.
ii) No oak is tree.
SYLLOGISM ANSWER KEY
| 01. A | 02. A | 03. B | 04. B | 05. C | 06. D | 07. D |
| 08. C | 09. A | 10. C | 11. | 12. | 13. | 14. |
| 15. | 16. | 17. | 18. | 19. | 20. | 21. |