Reasoning Quiz – Statement and Conclusion



Directions (Q. 1-10):
Below are given three statements followed by four conclusions. You have to take
the given statements to be true even if they appear to be at variance with
commonly known facts, and then decide which of the conclusions logically
follow(s) from the given statements. For each questions, mark out an
appropriate answer choice that you think is correct.

1. Statements: Some
charts are darts.
All darts are carts.
Some carts are smarts.

Conclusions: I.
Some charts are carts.
II. Some carts are darts.
III. Some darts are smarts.
IV. Some smarts are charts.
(a) Only I and III follow
(b) Only II and III follow
(c) Only I and II follow
(d) Only I, III and IV follow
(e) None of these
2. Statements:
All boxes are tables.
No desks are tables.
Some desks are curtains.

Conclusions: I.
No boxes are desks.
II. Some boxes are desks.
III. Some curtains are not boxes.
IV. Some curtains are boxes.
(a) Only III and either I or II follow
(b) Only I and either II or IV follow
(c) Only Either I or II, and either III or IV follow
(d) Only I and III follow
(e) None of these
3. Statements:
Some drops are cups.
All cups are docks.
No dock is a flop.

Conclusions: I.
Some drops are not flops.
II. Some docks are drops.
III. No cup is a flop.
IV. Some flops are not cups.
(a) Only I, II and III follow
(b) Only II, III and IV follow
(c) Only I, II and IV follow
(d) Only I, III and IV follow
(e) All follow
4. Statements:
Some big are small.
No small is large.
Some large are tiny.

Conclusions: I.
Some large are not big.
II. No big is large.
III. Some small are not tiny.
IV. Some big are not tiny.
(a) Only I follows
(b) Only II follows
(c) Only II or III follows
(d) Only IV follows
(e) None of these
5. Statements: No
student is decent.
Some decent are bags.
All bags are roses.

Conclusions: I.
Some bags are not students.
II. All bags are students.
III. Some decent are roses.
IV. All roses are decent.
(a) Only I follows
(b) Either I or II follows
(c) Only III follows
(d) Either I or II and III follow
(e) Only I and III follow
6. Statements:
All birds are books.
All books are quarters.

Conclusions: I.
All birds are quarters.
II. Some quarters are birds.
III. Some quarters are books.
IV. Some books are birds.
(a) Only I, II and III follow
(b) Only II, III and IV follow
(c) Only I, III and IV follow
(d) Only I, II and IV follow
(e) All follow
7. Statements:
Some books are novels
All novels are dishes.

Conclusions: I.
Some books are dishes.
II. Some books are not dishes.
III. Some dishes are novels.
IV. Some dishes are not novels.
(a) Either I or II follows
(b) Either III or IV follows
(c) Either I or II, and III or IV follow
(d) Only I and III follow
(e) Can’t say
8. Statements: Some
desks are pens.
No pen is a paper.

Conclusions: I.
Some desks are papers.
II. Some desks are not papers.
III. No desks is paper
IV. No paper is a pen.
(a) Only II and IV follow & either I or III
(b) Either I or II follows
(c) Only II either I or III follows
(d) Only II and III follow
(e) Only II, III and IV follow

9. Statements:
All boys are girls.
No books are boys.

Conclusions: I.
Some books are girls.
II. Some books are not girls.
III. All girls are books.
IV. Some girls are not books.
(a) Either I or II follows
(b) Either III or IV follows
(c) Only II and IV follow
(d) Either I or II and IV follow
(e) Either III or IV, and II follow
10. Statements: All
books are pens.
All books are tigers.

Conclusions: I.
Some pens are books.
II. Some pens are tigers.
III. Some tigers are pens.
IV. Some pens are not tigers.
(a) Only I and III follow
(b) Only II and III follow
(c) Only I follow
(d) Only I, II and III follow
(e) Only I and either II or IV follow
Important For: SBI Associates, NICL AO, NICL Assistant, LIC AAO