Direction: (1 - 15)
Directions for questions 1 to 15: I n each of the following questions, three statements 1, 2 and 3 are followed by four conclusions I, II, III, IV. 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 question, mark the answer choice that you think is correct
1. Statements:
1. All bibs are red.
2. All red are flowers.
3. No flowers are tablets.
Conclusions:
I. Some flowers are bibs.
II. No tablets are bibs.
III.Some red are bibs.
IV. Some tablets are red.
A. I, II and III follow
B. II, III and IV follow
C. Only I and II follow
D. Only I and III follow
Answer - Option A
Explanation -
Hence, option (A) is the correct answer.
2. Statements:
1. Some books are bibs.
2. All biscuits are pencils.
3. No bibs are biscuits.
Conclusions:
I. Some books are not biscuits.
II. Some bibs are not pencils.
III.Some books are not pencils.
IV. Some pencils are not bibs.
A. I and IV follow
B. II and IV follow
C. I and III follow
D. II and III follow
Answer - Option A
Explanation -
Hence, option (A) is the correct answer.
3. Statements:
1. All big are novels.
2. Some novels are willows.
3. No willows is pencil.
Conclusions:
I. Some willow are big.
II. Some novels are pencils.
III. No willow is big.
IV. Some novels are not pencils.
A. I and either II or IV follow
B. I, III and IV follow
C. I, II and III follow
D. Only IV follows
Answer - Option D
Explanation -
Hence, option (D) is the correct answer.
4. Statements:
1. Some whites are Canadians.
2. Some Americans are whites.
3. No American is a black.
Conclusions:
I. Some Canadians are Americans.
II. Some whites are blacks.
III.Some blacks are not Canadians.
IV. Some whites are not blacks
A. I and IV follow
B. II and III follow
C. Only III follows
D. Only IV follows
Answer - Option D
Explanation -
Hence, option (D) is the correct answer.
5. Statements:
1. All knots are tight.
2. No collar is tight.
3. Some bush-shirts are knots.
Conclusions:
I. Some bush-shirts are collars.
II. Some bush-shirts are tight.
III.Some collars are not bush-shirts.
IV. Some bush-shirts are not collars.
A. Only II and III follow
B. Only II and IV follow
C. Both I & IV follows
D. Only IV follows
Answer - Option B
Explanation -
Hence, option (B) is the correct answer.
6. Statements:
1. All crooked are spades.
2. All big are jaded.
3. Some big are crooked.
Conclusions:
I. Some jaded are crooked.
II. Some spades are crooked.
III.Some crooked are jaded.
IV. Some spades are big.
A. I, II and III follow
B. II, III and IV follow
C. I, III and IV follow
D. All follow
Answer - Option D
Explanation -
Hence, option (D) is the correct answer.
7. Statements:
1. Some people are nice.
2. Some foreigners are people.
3. No foreigner is a Canadian.
Conclusions:
I. Some foreigners are nice.
II. Some people are Canadians.
III.Some foreigners are not nice.
IV. Some people are not Canadians.
A. Both II and III follow
B. Both III and IV follow
C. Both IV and I follow
D. Only IV follows
Answer - Option D
Explanation -
Hence, option (D) is the correct answer.
8. Statements:
1. All goats are boxes.
2. Some goats are flowers.
3. No chocolate is box.
Conclusions:
I. Some flowers are chocolates.
II. No goats are chocolates.
III.Some flowers are boxes.
IV. Some flowers are not chocolates.
A. II, III and IV follow
B. I, III and IV follow
C. Only II and III follow
D. Only III follows
Answer - Option A
Explanation -
Hence, option (A) is the correct answer.
9. Statements:
1. Some Indians are not Americans.
2. All Americans are Asians.
3. Some Asians are Americans
Conclusions:
I. Some Indians are not Asians.
II. All Americans are not Indians.
III.All Americans are Indians.
IV. Some Americans are Indians.
A. Only I follows
B. Only II follows
C. Only III follows
D. None follows
Answer - Option D
Explanation -
Hence, option (D) is the correct answer
10. Statements:
1. Some candies are papers.
2. All papers are vanillas.
3. Some vanillas are trams.
Conclusions:
I. Some candies are trams.
II. Some papers are trams.
III.Some trams are papers.
IV. Some vanillas are candies.
A. Only II and III follow
B. I and IV follow
C. Only IV follows
D. II, III and IV follow
Answer - Option C
Explanation -
Hence, option (C) is the correct answer.
11. Statements:
1. No foods are mangoes.
2. No oranges are potatoes.
3. All mangoes are oranges.
Conclusions:
I. Some foods are not oranges.
II. Some oranges are not foods.
III. No mangoes are potatoes.
IV. Some oranges are foods.
A. Only III and I follow
B. Only II and IV follow
C. Only I and II follow
D. Only II and III follow
Answer - Option D
Explanation -
Hence, option (D) is the correct answer
12. Statements:
1. Some cots are docks.
2. All cots are clocks.
3. No frock is clock.
Conclusions:
I. No frock is a dock.
II. No frock is a cot.
III.Some docks are not frocks.
IV. Some docks are frocks.
A. Both III and IV follow
B. Both I and II follow
C. Both II and III follow
D. I, II and III follow
Answer - Option C
Explanation -
Hence, option (C) is the correct answer
13. Statements:
1. Some tumblers are capsules.
2. No capsule is a medicine.
3. All medicines are syrups.
Conclusions:
I. Some tumblers are not medicines.
II. No medicine is a tumbler.
III.Some syrups are capsules.
IV. Some syrups are not capsules.
A. I, II and III follow
B. I, III and IV follow
C. II, III and IV follow
D. I and IV follow
Answer - Option D
Explanation -
Only conclusions I and IV follow. The set of ‘syrups’ which are ‘medicines’ are definitely not ‘capsules’. Hence, option (D) is correct.
14. Statements:
1. All coats are paints.
2. No paints are shirts.
3. Some shirts are vests.
Conclusions:
I. Some vests are shirts.
II. Some coats are shirts.
III. No coat is a shirt.
IV. Some vests are not coats.
A. I, II and III follow
B. I and IV follow
C. I and III follow
D. I, III and IV follow
Answer - Option D
Explanation -
Hence, option (D) is the correct answer.
15. Statements:
1. All chimps are monkeys.
2. No monkeys are mammals.
3. Some horses are mammals.
Conclusions:
I. Some horses are not chimps.
II. Some horses are not monkeys.
III.Some monkeys are not chimps.
IV. No chimp is a mammal.
A. I, III and IV follow
B. II, III and IV follow
C. II and IV follow
D. I, II and IV follow
Answer - Option D
Explanation -
Hence, option (D) is the correct answer.