Verbal Reasoning - Logical Deduction Questions

In the question a statement is given, followed by two arguments, I and II. You have to consider the statement to be true even if it seems to be at variance from commonly known facts. You have to decide which of the given arguments, if any, is a strong argument.

Statement : Should one year of army training be compulsory for all Indian citizens?

Argument I : No, the costs of training will be prohibitive and one year of labour will be lost.
Argument II : Yes, army training helps make better citizens.

Consider the given statement as true and decide which of the given conclusions can definitely be drawn from the given statements.

Statement :
All rivers are holy. All gods are holy.

Conclusions:
1. All rivers are gods.
2. All gods are rivers.

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 beat variance from commonly known facts. You have to decide which of the given conclusions, if any, follows from the given statements.

Statement I: All pancakes are bread

Statement II: Some pizzas are pancakes

Conclusion I: No bread are pizzas

Conclusion II: Some pizzas are bread

In the following question, two statements are given each followed by two conclusions I and II. You have to consider the statement to be true even if they seem 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) Government is taking measures for safety of women in multi-dimensional aspects.
(II) Sensitization programmes for awareness are up through various modes of promotion.

Conclusions:
(I) Women helpline has been introduced for 24x7 for helping the females.
(II) The number of rape and extortion cases have reduced in last six months.

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: Some flipflops are slippers

Statement II: Some footwear are flipflops

Conclusion I: All slippers are footwear

Conclusion II: All footwear are slippers

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 creepers are vines

Statement II: No climbers are creepers

Conclusion I: All vines are climbers

Conclusion II: No climbers are vines

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.

Which of the following statements is/are TRUE?