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Syllogism Questions and Answers for Competitive Exams

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The exam syllabus of all the exams like SSC, RRB, IBPS, RPSC, UPSC, etc. includes the Syllogism topic in the Logical Reasoning section. Syllogism topic is one of the challenging topics of Reasoning in competitive exams. Generally, questions related to Syllogism consist of two or more statements and these statements follow the number of conclusions. Students have to decide which of the conclusions logically follows.

Here in this article today, I have provided important questions and answers based on Syllogism, in which two questions are given and followed by some conclusions. You have to consider both the given statements to be true, however, with clear approximations and regular practice, you can score more in the Logical Reasoning section. So, Start practice!

Important Syllogism Questions and Answers

In the following question below are given some statements followed by some conclusions. 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 the given conclusion logically follows the given statements. 

Q :  

Statement: 

All cups are plate. 

No plate is a shop. 

Conclusion: 

I. No cup is a shop. 

II. No shop is a plate. 

(A) Only conclusion ( II ) follows.

(B) Both conclusion follows.

(C) Only Conclusion ( I ) follows.

(D) Neither conclusion (I) nor (II) follows.

Correct Answer : B

Q :  

Statements: 

Creative persons are learned people. 

Some doctors are creative persons.

Conclusion: 

I. Some creative persons are learned people. 

II. Some learned people are doctors.

(A) Only conclusion I follow

(B) Only conclusion II follow

(C) Both conclusion I and II follow

(D) Neither I nor II

Correct Answer : C

Q :  

Statements: 

All cups are plates. 

Some plates are glass. 

Conclusions: 

I. Some glasses are cups. 

II. All glasses are cups. 

(A) Neither conclusion (I) nor conclusion (II) follows.

(B) Both conclusions follow.

(C) Only conclusion (I) follows.

(D) Only conclusion ( II ) follows.

Correct Answer : A

Q :  

Statements: 

No teacher comes to school by bicycle. 

Anand comes to the school by bicycle 

Conclusion: 

I. Anand is not a teacher 

II. Anand is a student. 

(A) Neither conclusion I nor II follow.

(B) Conclusion I follows.

(C) Conclusion II follow

(D) Both conclusion I and II follow

Correct Answer : B

Q :  

Statement: 

Some boys are hardworking. 

No intelligent are boys. 

Conclusion 

I. Some hardworking are not intelligent 

II. All hardworking are intelligent. 

III. Some intelligent are not hardworking 

(A) All conclusion follows.

(B) No conclusion follows.

(C) Only Conclusion (I) follows.

(D) Only conclusion ( II ) and ( III ) follows.

Correct Answer : C

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