Syllogistic Reasoning CUET General Test MCQs

Every question below has a few statements, followed by four conclusions numbered I, II, III and IV. You have to consider every given statement as true, even if it does not conform to the well known facts. Read the conclusions and then decide which of the conclusions can be logically derived.

Question: Statements: Some keys are staplers. Some staplers are stickers. All the stickers are pens.
Conclusions:
I. Some pens are staplers.
II. Some stickers are keys.
III. No sticker is key.
IV. Some staplers are keys.
a) Only I and II
b) Only II and IV
c) Only II and III
d) Only I and IV and either II or III

Answer: d

Question: Statements: All the locks are keys. All the keys are bats. Some watches are bats.
Conclusions:
I. Some bats are locks.
II. Some watches are keys.
III. All the keys are locks.
IV. Some keys are locks.
a) Only I and II
b) Only I and IV
c) Only II and III
d) Only I and III

Answer: b

Question: Statements: All the papers are books. All the bags are books. Some purses are bags.
Conclusions:
I. Some papers are bags.
II. Some books are papers.
III. Some books are purses.
IV. Some papers are purses.
a) Only I and IV
b) Only II and III
c) Only I and II
d) Only I and III

Answer: b

Question: Statements: All the bottles are boxes. All the boxes are bags. Some bags are trays.
Conclusions:
I. Some bottles are trays.
II. Some trays are boxes.
III. All the bottles are bags.
IV. Some trays are bags.
a) Only III and IV
b) Only I and II
c) Only II and III
d) Only I and IV

Answer: a

Question: Statements: Some rats are cats. Some cats are dogs. No dog is cow.
Conclusions:
I. No cow is cat.
II. No dog is rat.
III. Some cats are rats.
IV. Some dogs are cats.
a) Only I and IV
b) Only I and II
c) Only I and III
d) Only III and IV

Answer: d

In each question given below two statements are followed by four conclusions numbered I, II, III and IV. You have to take the two given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts. Read the statements and conclusions and decide which of the conclusions logically follows from the two given statements, disregarding commonly known facts.

Question: Statements: All the phones are scales. All the scales are calculators.
Conclusions:
I. All the calculators are scales.
II. All the phones are calculators.
III. All the scales are phones.
IV. Some calculators are phones.
a) Only I and IV
b) Only III and IV
c) Only II and IV
d) Only I and II

Answer: c

Question: Statements: No door is dog. All the dogs are cats.
Conclusions:
I. No door is cat.
II. No cat is door.
III. Some cats are dogs.
IV. All the cats are dogs.
a) Only II and IV
b) Only I and III
c) Only III and IV
d) Only III

Answer: d

Question: Statements: Some tables are T.V. Some T.V. are radios.
Conclusions:
I. Some tables are radios.
II. Some radios are tables.
III. All the radios are T.V.
IV. All the T.V. are tables.
a) Only II and IV
b) Only I and III
c) Only IV
d) None of the four

Answer: d

Question: Statements: All men are vertebrates. Some mammals are vertebrates.
Conclusions:
I. All men are mammals.
II. All mammals are men.
III. Some vertebrates are mammals.
IV. All vertebrates are men.
a) Only IV
b) Only II
c) Only III
d) Only I

Answer: c

Question: Statements: All green are blue. All blue are white.
Conclusions:
I. Some blue are green.
II. Some white are green.
III. Some green are not white.
IV. All white are blue.
a) Only I and II
b) Only I and III
c) Only I and IV
d) Only II and IV

Answer: a

Question: Statements: Some pens are books. Some books are pencils.
Conclusions:
I. Some pens are pencils.
II. Some pencils are pens.
III. All pencils are pens.
IV. All books are pens.
a) Only I and III
b) Only II and IV
c) All the four
d) None of the four

Answer: d

Question: Statements: All the research scholars are psychologists.
Some psychologists are scientists.
Conclusions:
I. All the research scholars are scientists.
II. Some research scholars are scientists.
III. Some scientists are psychologists.
IV. Some psychologists are research scholars.
a) Only III and IV
b) None of the four
c) All the four
d) Only III

Answer: a

Question: Statements: All the goats are tigers. All the tigers are lions.
Conclusions:
I. All the goats are lions.
II. All the lions are goats.
III. Some lions are goats.
IV. Some tigers are goats.
a) All the four
b) Only I, II and III
c) Only I, III and IV
d) Only II, III and IV

Answer: c

Question: Statements: All members are students. No student is a girl.
Conclusions :
I. All students are members.
II. No members is a girl.
III. Some students are members.
IV. Some members are girls.
a) Only I follows
b) Only I, II and III follow
c) All follows
d) Only II and III follows

Answer: d

Question: Statements : All soaps are clean. All clean are wet.
Conclusions :
I. Some clean are soaps.
II. No clean is soap.
III. Some wet are soaps.
IV. All wet are soaps.
a) Only I follows
b) Only I and II follow
c) Only either III and IV follow
d) Only I and III follow

Answer: d