Syllogism Quiz

Directions: In each question below, there are some statements followed by four conclusions numbered I, II, III and IV. Read all the conclusions and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the given statements. Disregarding commonly know facts.

  1. Statements: All teachers are doctors.

                        All doctors are engineers.

                        All engineers are students.

   Conclusions: I.     Some students are teachers.

  1.     All doctors are students.

                        III.  Some engineers are teachers.

  1. All doctors are teachers.

   (a)   Only I and II follow

   (b)  Only I and III follow

   (c)   Either I or II and III follow

   (d)  Either II or IV follows   

   (e)   None of these.

  1. Statements: Some books are papers.

                                Some papers are cars.

                                No car is white.

   Conclusions:        I. Some papers are not white.

  1. All papers are not white.

                                III. Some papers are white.

  1. Some books are white.

   (a) Only I follows                

   (b) Only I and IV follow

   (c) Only I, III and IV follow

   (d) Either II or III follows    

   (e) None of these

  1. Statements: All trolleys are pulleys.

                        Some pulleys are chains.

                        All chains are bells.

   Conclusions: I.    Some bells are trolleys.

  1. No bell is trolley

                        III.  Some pulleys are bells.

  1. All chains are pulleys.

   (a) None follows 

   (b) Either I or II follows

   (c) Only III and IV follow

   (d) Either I or II, and III follows

   (e) I and II, and either III or IV follow.

  1. Statements: Some newspapers are radios.

                        Some radios are televisions.

                        No television is a magazine.

  Conclusions:I. No newspaper is a magazine.

  1. No radio is a magazine.

                        III. Some radios are not magazines.

  1. Some newspapers are televisions.

   (a)   None follows                        

   (b)                 Only I and II follow

   (c)   Either I or II follows

   (d)  Only III follows            

   (e) None of these.

  1. Statements: Some doors are windows.

                        All windows are black.

                        Some black are brown.

   Conclusions: I.    Some windows are brown.

  1. All doors are black.

                        III.  Some doors are black.

  1. No window is brown.

   (a)   Only II follows             

   (b)  Only III follows

   (c)   Only IV follows            

   (d)  Either I or IV and III follow

   (e) None of these.

  1. Statements: Some boxes are walls.

                        No wall is road.

                        All roads are rivers.

   Conclusions: I.    Some rivers are walls.

  1. Some roads are boxes.

                        III.  No wall is a river.

   (a)   Only I follows               

   (b) Only either I or III follows

   (c)   Only III follows

   (d) Only II follows

   (e)   Only II and III follow

  1.  

   Statements:  No building is white.

                                All whites are oranges.

                                Some oranges are water.

   Conclusions: I.     No building is water.

  1. No orange is a building

                        III.  Some oranges are whites.

  1. Some water is building.

   (a)   Either I or IV and II follow

   (b)  Either I or IV and III follow

   (c)   Either I or IV follows    

   (d)  None follows

   (e)   Either I or IV and II and III follow

  1. Statements: Some tables are chairs.

                        All chairs are houses.

                        All houses are tents.

   Conclusions: I.    All houses are chairs.

  1. Some tents are chairs.

                        III.  Some houses are tables.

   (a)   Only I and II follow

   (b)  Only I and III follow

   (c)   Only II and III follow

   (d)  All I, II and III follow

   (e)   None of these

  1. Statements: All pens are sticks.

                        All sticks are rings.

                        All rings are rods.

   Conclusions: I.    Some rings are pens.

  1. Some rods are sticks.

                        III.  Some rods are pens.

   (a) Only I and II follow

   (b) Only I and III follow

   (c) Only II and III follow

   (d) All I, II and III follow

   (e) None of these.

  1. Statements: All pictures are bands.

                        Some bands are chairs.

                        Some chairs are tables.

   Conclusions: I.    Some tables are bands.

  1. Some chairs are pictures.

                        III.  Some tables are pictures.

   (a) None follows   

   (b) Only I follows.

   (c) Only II follows                      

   (d) Only I and II follow

   (e) Only III follows

ANSWER KEY:

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D

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A