Directions (1-16): 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 the commonly known facts. Read all the conclusions and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the given statements disregarding commonly known facts.
1.
Statements: All dolls are
windows.
All bottles are
windows.
All cars are
bottles.
Conclusions: I. All cars are windows.
II.
Some cars are dolls.
III. Some windows are cars.
(1) Only
I and II follow
(2) Only
II and III follow
(3) Only
I and III follow
(4) All
follow
(5) None
of these
2.
Statements: All fruits are
vegetables.
All pens are vegetables.
All vegetables
are rains.
Conclusions: I. All fruits are
rains.
II. All pens are rains.
III. Some rains are
vegetables.
(1) None
follows
(2) Only
I and II follow
(3) Only
II and III follow
(4) Only
I and III follow
(5) All
follow
3. Statements: All snakes are trees.
Some trees are roads.
All roads are mountains.
Conclusions:
I.
Some mountains are
snakes.
II. Some roads are
snakes.
III. Some mountains are trees.
(1) Only
I follows
(2) Only
II follows
(3) Only
III follows
(4) Both
I and II follow
(5) None
follows
4. Statements:
Some saints are balls.
All balls are
bats.
Some tigers are
balls.
Conclusions:
I.
Some bats are tigers.
II. Some saints are bats.
III. All bats are balls.
(1) Only
I and II follow
(2) Only
II follows
(3) Only
I and III follow
(4) Only
In follows
(5) None
of these.
5 Statements: Some hills are
rivers.
Some rivers are deserts.
All deserts are roads.
Conclusions: I. Some roads are rivers.
II. Some roads are hills.
III. Some deserts are hills.
(1) None follows
(2) Only I follows
(3) Only I and II
follow
(4) Only II and III
follow
(5) All follow
6. Statements: Some blades are
hammers.
Some hammers are
knives.
Some knives are axes.
Conclusions: I.
Some
axes are hammers.
II. Some knives are
blades.
III. Some axes are blades.
(1) None follows (2) Only I follows
(3) Only II follows (4) Only III follows
(5) None of these
7. Statements: All trees are
flowers.
No flower is fruit.
All branches are
fruits.
Conclusions: I.
Some branches are trees.
II. No fruit is tree.
III. No tree is branch.
(1) None
follows
(2) Only
either I or III follows
(3) Only
II follows
(4) Only
either I or III, and II follow (5)
None of these
8. Statements: All tigers are
lions.
No cow is lion.
Some camels are
cows.
Conclusions: I. Some lions are
camels.
II. No camel is tiger.
III. Some tigers are cows.
(1) None follows
(2) Only
I follows
(3) Only
II follows
(4) Only
III follows
(5)
Either I or II follows
9. Statements: Some towels are
brushes.
No brush is
soap.
All soaps
are rats.
Conclusions:
I.
Some rats are brushes.
II. No rat is brush.
III. Some towels are soaps.
(1) None follows
(2) Only
either I or II follows
(3) Only II follows
(4) Only
I and III follow
(5) None
of these
10. Statements: Some pens are books.
All schools are
books.
Some colleges are
schools.
Conclusions:
I.
Some colleges are pens.
II. Some pens are
schools.
III. Some colleges are
books.
(1) Only
I and II follow
(2) Only
II and III follow
(3) Only
I and III follow
(4) All
follow I
(5) None
of these
11. Statements: All tigers are
jungles.
No jungle is
bird.
Some birds are
rains.
Conclusions:
I.
No rain is jungle.
II. Some rains are
jungles.
III. No bird is tiger.
(1) Only I and II follow
(2)
Only III follows
(3) Only
either I or II, and III follow
(4) All
follow
(5) None
of these
12. Statements: All flowers are
toys.
Some toys are
trees.
Some angels are
trees.
Conclusions: I. Some angels are
toys.
II.
Some trees are flowers.
III. Some flowers are angels.
(1) None
follows
(2) Only
I follows
(3) Only
II follows
(4) Only
III follows
(5) Only
I and III follow
13. Statements: All trains are
buses.
No room is bus.
All boats are rooms.
Conclusions:
I.
No boat is train.
II. No bus is boat.
III. No train is room.
(1) None follows
(2) Only
I and II follow
(3)
Only II and III follow
(4) Only I and III follow
(5) All
follow
14. Statements: No rabbit is lion.
Some horses are
lions.
All rabbits are tables.
Conclusions:
I.
Some tables are, lions.
II. Some horses are
rabbits.
III. No lion is table.
(1) None
follows
(2) Only
either I or III follows
(3) Only
II and III follow
(4) Only
III follows
(5) None
of these
15. Statements: Some mountains are hillocks.
Some mountains are rivers.
Some mountains are valleys.
Conclusions:
I. All mountains are either hillocks or rivers or
valleys.
II. No valley is river.
III. Some river are valleys.
(1) None
follows
(2) Only
I follows
(3) Only
either II or III follows
(4) Only
III follows
(5) None
of these
16. Statements: Some boxes are hammers.
Some hammers
are beads.
All beads are
rings.
Conclusions: I. Some rings are hammers.
II. Some hammers are boxes.
III. Some rings are boxes.
(1) None
follows
(2) Only
I follows
(3) Only
I and II follow
(4) Only
II and III follow
(5) All
follow
17. Statements: All trucks fly.
Some scooters
fly.
Conclusions:
I.
All trucks are scooters.
II. Some scooters do not
fly.
(1) None
follows
(2) Only
I follows
(3) Only
II follow
(4) Only
I and II follow
18. Statements: Some swords are sharp.
All swords are rusty.
Conclusions: I. Some rusty things are sharp.
II. Some rusty things
are not sharp.
(1) None
follows
(2) Only
I follows
(3) Only
I and II follow
(4) Only
II follow
Directions (19-20):
Statements:
Some teachers are
professors.
Some lecturers are
teachers.
19. Conclusions: I) All teachers as well as all professors
being lectures is a possibility.
II) All those
teachers who are lectures are also professors.
(1) None
follows
(2) Only
I follows
(3) Only
I and II follow
(4) Only
II follow
20. Conclusions: I) No professor is a lecturer.
II) All lecturers
being professors is possibility.
(1) None
follows
(2) Only
I follows
(3) Only
I and II follow
(4) Only
II follow
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