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SYLLOGISM

The document contains 19 logic puzzles involving statements and conclusions. Each puzzle presents 2-4 statements as premises and 2-4 numbered conclusions to determine which conclusions logically follow from the given statements. The goal is to select the option that identifies the conclusion(s) that necessarily follow, disregarding any real-world knowledge about the subjects.

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SYLLOGISM

The document contains 19 logic puzzles involving statements and conclusions. Each puzzle presents 2-4 statements as premises and 2-4 numbered conclusions to determine which conclusions logically follow from the given statements. The goal is to select the option that identifies the conclusion(s) that necessarily follow, disregarding any real-world knowledge about the subjects.

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SYLLOGISM DIRECTIONS: Two statements are given in each of the following questions followed by two conclusions numbered I and

II. You have to take the given two 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 two given statements, disregarding known facts. (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) 1. If only conclusion I follows If only conclusion II follows If either conclusion I or II follows If neither conclusion I nor II follows If both conclusions I and II follows

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Statements: All fish are tortoise. No tortoise is a crocodile. Conclusions: I. No crocodile is a fish. II. No fish is a crocodile. Statements: All cycles fly. Some Scooters fly. Conclusions: I. All cycles are scooters. II. Some scooters do not fly. Statements: All leaders are good team workers. All good team workers are good orators. Conclusions: I. Some good team workers are leaders. II. All good orators are leaders. Statements: All terrorists are human. All humans are bad. Conclusions: I. All terrorists are bad. II. No human can be a terrorist. Statements: Ship was overturned. Captain was not traced. Conclusions: I. Captain died in the accident. II. Captain is alive. Statements: Some dedicated souls are angels. All social workers are angels. Conclusions: I. Some dedicated souls are social workers. II. Some social workers are dedicated souls. Statements: Women teachers cannot play. Some women teachers are athletes. Conclusions: I. Male athletes can play. II. Some athletes can play. Statements: All hill stations have a sun-set point. W is a hill station. Conclusions: I. W has a sun-set point. II. Places other than hill stations do not have sun-set points. Statements: No pen is a mobile. Some mobiles are bottles. All bottles are papers. Conclusions: I. Some papers are pens. II. All bottles are pens. Statements: All computers are radios. All radios are televisions. Some televisions are watches. Conclusions: I. Some watches are computers. II. Some televisions are computers. Statements: Some desks are chairs. Some chairs are windows. Some windows are walls. Conclusions: I. Some walls are chairs. II. No chair is a wall. Statements: All stars are fishes. Some fishes are moons. All moons are birds. Conclusions: I. Some birds are fishes. II. Some stars are moons. All leaves are roots. All stems are roots. All roots are flowers. Conclusions: I. Some flowers are stems. II. Some flowers are leaves. DIRECTIONS: Three/four statements are given in each of the following questions, followed by two conclusions by three/four numbered I, II, III and IV. Read the conclusions and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the two given statements, disregarding commonly known facts.

14. Statements: Some flowers are bins. All bins are handles. All handles are sticks. Conclusions:

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I. Some sticks are bins. II. Some handles are flowers. III. Some sticks are flowers. (i) Only II follows. (ii) Only III follows. (iii) Only I and II follows. (iv) Only I and III follow. (v) None of the above. Statements: Some towers are windows. All windows are houses. Some houses are temples. Conclusions: I. Some towers are temples. II. Some houses are towers. III. Some temples are windows. (i) Only I follow. (ii) Only II follows. (iii) Only III follows. (iv) Only I and II follows. (v) None of the above. Statements: Some carpets are books. All books are pens. Some pens are cartons. All cartons are notebooks. Conclusions: I. Some cartons are carpets. II. Some cartons are books. III. Some pens are carpets. IV. Some notebooks are pens. (i) Only I and II follows. (ii) Only II and III follow. (iii) Only III and IV follow. (iv) Only I and III follow. (v) None of the above. Statements: Some buses are doors. Some doors are windows. All windows are gardens. Conclusions: I. Some gardens are buses. II. Some windows are buses. III. Some gardens are doors. (i) Only I follow. (ii) Only II follows. (iii) Only I and III follow. (iv) Only I and II follows. (v) None of the above. Statements: All rings are fingers. Some ears are fingers. All ears are necklaces. Conclusions: I. Some necklaces are fingers. II. Some necklaces are rings. (i) Only I follow. (ii) Only II follows. (iii) Both I and II follows. (iv) None of the above. Statements: Nail polish is a cosmetic. No cosmetic is powder. Some powders are medicine. Conclusions: I. Some powders are cosmetics. II. Some medicines are nail polish. III. Some cosmetics are nail polish. (i) Only I follow. (ii) Only II follow. (iii) Only III follow (iv) Only II and III follow (v) None follows.

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