Reasoning Quiz on Syllogisms For SSC Exams for SSC & Railway Exams

Question 1

Direction: Two statements are given followed by four conclusions I, II, III and IV. You have to consider the statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts. You are to decide which of the given conclusions, if any, follow from the given statements. Indicate your answer.

Statements:
1. Some stones are gold.
2. Some gold are banks.

Conclusions:
I. Some banks are stones.
II. Some gold are stones.
III. No stone is gold.
IV. Some banks are gold.

Question 2

Direction: In each of the following questions three statements are given and these statements are followed by two conclusions numbered A. and B.. You have to take the given three 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 commonly known facts.

Statements:
All Games are Crickets.
No Cricket is a Football.
All Footballs are Kabaddi.
Conclusions:
I. No Game is a Football.
II. Some Kabaddi is Crickets.

Question 3

Direction: In each of the following questions three statements are given and these statements are followed by two conclusions numbered I and II. You have to take the given three 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 commonly known facts.

Statements:
All Lions are Goats.
All elephant are Goats.
Some Goats are Monkey.
Conclusions:
I. some elephants are Lions.
II. Some Monkey is elephant.

Question 4

Directions: In each of the following questions three statements are given and these statements are followed by two conclusions numbered I and II. You have to take the given three 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 commonly known facts.

Statements:
All kings are Queens.
All Jokers are kings.
All Aces are Queens.

Conclusions:
I. All Ace is kings.
II. All Joker is Queens.

Question 5

Directions: In each of the following questions three statements are given and these statements are followed by two conclusions numbered A. and B.. You have to take the given three 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 commonly known facts.

Statements:
All Plays are Interesting.
All Drama is Plays.
All Worse are Drama.

Conclusions:
I. Some Plays being not worse is a possibility.
II. All Worse are Interesting.

Question 6

Directions: In each of the following questions three statements are given and these statements are followed by two conclusions numbered A. and B.. You have to take the given three 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 commonly known facts.

Statements:
Some cars are bikes.
Some bikes are buses.
All buses are trucks.

Conclusions:
I. No bus is a car.
II. Some trucks are bikes.

Question 7

Direction: In the following question, some statements followed by some conclusions are given. Taking 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 follows the given statements.

Statements :
1. Some skirts are benches.
2. No bench is a table.
Conclusion:
I. Some skirts are tables.
II. Some benches are skirts.
III. All benches are skirts.
IV. Some tables are skirts.