Syllogism Questions on Possibility with Answers for Competitive Exams

Selective Syllogism Questions on Possibility:

Directions (11-16): In each of the following questions two/three statements are given and these statements are followed by two conclusions numbered (1) and (2). You have to take the given 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. Give answer:

(A) If only (1) conclusion follows

(B) If sonly (2) conclusion follows

(C) If either (1) or (2) follows

(D) If neither (1) nor (2) follows

(E) If both (1) and (2) follow

Q.11.  Statements: 

1.Some stones are shells.

2.All shells are pearls.   

3.No stone is fish

Conclusions: 

1. No fish is a shells.

2. All shells being fish is a possibility.

Question (12-13): Statements: 

1.All tables are chairs.

2.All chairs are beds.  

3.No bed is sofa.

Q.12. Conclusions:    

1. Some tables are definitely not beds.

2. No sofa is a table

Q.13. Conclusions: 

1. No chair is sofa.

2. Some tables being sofa is a possibility.

Question (14-15): 

Statements: 

1.No fan is a cooler.

2. Some coolers are heaters.   

3.All tubes are fans.

Q.14. Conclusions: 

1. No cooler is a tube.

2. All tubes being heaters is a possibility.

Q.15. Conclusions: 

1. No heater is a tube.

2. All fans are tubes

Q.16. Statements:    

1.Some mobiles are pagers.

2.No mobile is a laptop.

Conclusions:   

1. No laptop is a pager.

2. Some pagers are definitely not mobiles.

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