Abhinav’s Reasoning Challenges for Bank PO Exams 2016 – 19 October, 2016 (Syllogisms)

Directions (1-5): In each of the questions below are given
three statements followed by three conclusions numbered I, II and III. 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 logically do(es) not follow from the given statements
disregarding commonly known facts. Give answer

1) only
Conclusion I does not follow.

2) only
Conclusion II does not follow.

3) only
Conclusion III does not follow.

4) both
conclusion I & II do not follow.

5) none of
these

1. Statement: Some books are
magazines.    

All magazines are notes.                                                                                                                                  

No
note is a pencil.

Conclusions:  
I. All pencils being books is a possibility.          

II. All
books being note is a possibility.                      

III. All
magazines being books is a possibility.

2. Statement: All humans are animal                       

All animals
are elephants.                                                                          
    

No elephant
is ant.

Conclusions:             

I. At least
some animals are ant.                

II. Some
ants are definitely not elephant.

III. Some
humans being not animals is a possibility.

3. Conclusions:              

I. All
elephants being human is a possibility.             

II. All
animals being ant is a possibility.                     

III. All
humans being ant is a possibility.

4. Statement:    

Some
operators are subtraction.                  

No
subtraction is a multiplication.             
             

All
multiplications are division.

Conclusions:           

I. Some
subtractions are definitely not division.                  

II. Some
subtractions are not operators.             

III. Some
operators being not division is a possibility.

5. Conclusions:

I. Some
multiplication being subtraction is a possibility.                 

II. Some
divisions are multiplications.                       

III. Some
divisions being not multiplication is a possibility

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Directions (6-10): Some statements are given followed by some
conclusions. You have to consider the statements to be true even if they seem
to be at variance from commonly known facts. You have to decide which of the
given conclusions if any, follow from the given statements.

6. Statements:     

Seven pins
are needles.       

Some threads
needles.           

100% needles
are nails.  

100% nails
are hammers.

Conclusions:   

I. 50% pins
are hammers.      

II. Some
threads are nails.             

III. 92%
pins are threads.

IV. 0% pin
is thread.

1) I, II and
either III or IV follow      

2) III and
IV follow           

3) I and II
follow  

4) All
follow of the above

5) None of
the above

7. Statements:               

100% pens
are clocks.                 

99% clocks
are tyres.                                                   

Some tyres
are wheels.                           

Some wheels
are buses.

Conclusions:   

I. 25% buses
are tyres.          

II. Some
wheels are clocks.            

III. Some
wheels are pens.

IV. 65%
buses are clocks.

1) None
follows      

2) Only I
follows     

3) Only II
follows     

4) Only III
follows        

5) Only IV
follows

8. Statements: 50% roses are flowers.              

Some flowers
are buds.             

All buds are
leaves.                   

100% leaves
are plants.

Conclusions:             

I. 20%
plants are flowers.               

II. Some
roses are buds.                                                              

III. 100%
leaves are roses.               

IV. 0% roses
are buds.

1) Only I
follows                          

2) I and II
follows                               

3 ) I and
either II or IV follow                             

4) Either II
or IV follows            

5) None of
the above

9. Statements: Few doctors are
lawyers.                 

All teachers
are lawyers.                                                       

Some
engineers are lawyers.                                

100%
engineers are businessmen.     

                              

Conclusions: I. few teachers are doctors.           

II. 20%
businessmen and lawyers.                                                      

III. Some
businessmen are teachers.                  

IV. Some
lawyers are teachers.

1) None
follows             

2) Only II
follows      

3) Only III
follows 

4) II and IV
follows   

5) None of
these

10. Statements: 90% sweets are
chocolates.               

Some
chocolates are mint.                                                        

20% mints
are food.                          

Some food
are diet.

Conclusions: I. 0% sweets are diet.              

II. 0% food
is chocolates.                        

III. 5%
sweets are diet.

IV. Some
sweets are food.

1) None
follows     

2) Either I
or III follows     

3) III and
IV follow    

4) II and
III follow     

5) None of
these