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Some hills are rivers. Some rivers are desrets. All desrets are roads.

Conclusions:

1. Some roads are rivers

2. Some roads are hills

3. Some deserts are hills

A) None follows B) Only 1 follows
C) Only 1 and 2 follows D) All follow

Answer:   B) Only 1 follows



Explanation:

Some hills are  rivers. Some rivers are deserts.

Since both the premises are particular, no defenite conclusion follows.

 

Some rivers are deserts. All deserts are roads

Since one premise is particular,the conclusion must be particular and should'nt contain the middle term. Since it follows that 'Some rivers are roads'. 1 is the converse of this conclusion and so it holds.

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Consider the given statement to be true and decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the statement.

 

Statements :

 

All work and no play makes jack a dull boy.

 

Conclusions :

 

1. To work is important.

2. One has to compromise work for play.

 

A) Only conclusion 2 follows B) Both conclusions 1 and 2 follow
C) Neither conclusion 1 nor 2 follows D) Only conclusion 1 follows
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Only conclusion 2 follows

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Consider the given statements to be true and decide which of the conclusions logically follows from the statements.

 

Statements :

 

No girl can jump. Some girls are swimmers.

 

Conclusions :

 

1. Male swimmers can jump.

2. Some swimmers can jump.

 

A) Neither 1 nor 2 follows B) Both 1 and 2 follows
C) Only conclusion 1 follows D) Only conclusion 2 follows
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Neither 1 nor 2 follows

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Consider the given question and decide which of the following statements is sufficient to answer the question.

 

What is the code for PQR?

 

Statements :

 

I. ABC represents BCD, DEF represents EFG.

II. LMN represents MNO, OPQ represents PQR.

 

A) Either I or II is sufficient to answer the question B) II alone is sufficient while I alone is not sufficient to answer the question
C) I alone is sufficient while II alone is not sufficient to answer the question D) Both I and II are sufficient to answer the question
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Either I or II is sufficient to answer the question

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Consider the given question and decide which of the following statements is sufficient to answer the question.

 

All natural numbers are whole numbers?


(I) All natural numbers plus 0 are called whole numbers

(II) Whole numbers are different from natural numbers

 

 

A) Neither (I) nor (II) is sufficient to answer the question B) (II) alone is sufficient while (I) alone is not sufficient to answer the question
C) (I) alone is sufficient while (II) alone is not sufficient to answer the question D) Both (I) and (II) are sufficient to answer the question
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) (I) alone is sufficient while (II) alone is not sufficient to answer the question

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Consider the given question and decide which of the following statements is sufficient to answer the question.

 

What day is the 14th of a given month?


Statements :

 

1. The last day of the month is Sunday.

2. The fourth Saturday of the month is 25th.

 

A) Statement 1 alone is sufficient while statement 2 alone is insufficient B) Either statement 1 or 2 is sufficient
C) Both statement 1 and 2 are sufficient D) Statement 2 alone is sufficient while 1 alone is insufficient
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Statement 2 alone is sufficient while 1 alone is insufficient

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Below are given statements followed by two conclusions I and II. You have to take the given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts.

 

Statements :

Some buds are flowers
All flowers are trees
All trees are leaves

 

Conclusions :

I. Some leaves are buds
II. All flowers are leaves

 

Decide which of the below options logically follows the given conclusions.

 

A) Only conclusion I follows B) Only conclusion II follows
C) Both I and II follow D) Neither I nor II follows
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Both I and II follow

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An Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are given below.

 

Assertion (A) : Leakages in household gas cylinders can be detected.

 

Reason (R) : LPG has a strong smell.

 

Choose the correct option.

 

A) Both A and R are false B) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
C) A is false but R is true D) A is true but R is false
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) A is true but R is false

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In the question two statements are given, followed by two conclusions, I and II. You have to consider the statements to be true even if it seems to be at variance from commonly known facts. You have to decide which of the given conclusions, if any, follows from the given statements.

 

Statement I: No medals are trophies

Statement II: No badges are medals

 

Conclusion I: All trophies are badges

Conclusion II: Some badges are trophies

 

A) Only conclusion I follows B) Only conclusion II follows
C) Both conclusions I and II follow D) Neither conclusion I nor conclusion II follows
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Neither conclusion I nor conclusion II follows

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