Read the given statements and conclusions carefully. Assuming that the information given in the statements is true, even if it appears to be at variance with commonly known facts, decide which of the given conclusions logically follow(s) from the statements. Statements: All caps are hats. All caps are scarfs. Some scarfs are mufflers. Conclusions: (I) Some mufflers are caps. (II) Some scarfs are hats.
Only conclusion (II) follows.
From the given statements (e.g., 'All caps are scarves' type), applying standard syllogism rules:
Conclusion (I): 'Some mufflers are caps' — this does NOT follow definitively from the given statements without additional information linking mufflers to caps.
Conclusion (II): follows directly from the universal/particular relationship in the given statements.
The candidate chose D (both follow), but only Conclusion II follows. The correct answer is : Only conclusion (II) follows.
Similar Questions
Read the given statement(s) and conclusions carefully. Assuming that the information given in the statement(s) is true, even if it appears to be at variance with commonly known facts, decide which of the given conclusions logically follow(s) from the statement(s).
Statements:
No stump is a ball.
Some balls are wickets.
Conclusion:
(I) No ball is a stump.
(II) No wicket is a ball.
Read the given statements and conclusions carefully. You have to take the given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts. You have to decide which conclusion/s logically follow/s from the given statements.
Statements: Some sandals are crocs. All crocs are flipflops.
Conclusion I: Some sandals are flipflops.
Conclusion II: All flipflops are crocs.
Read the given statements and conclusions carefully. Assuming that the information given in the statements is true, even if it appears to be at variance with commonly known facts, decide which of the given conclusions logically follow(s) from the statements.
Statements:
All hearts are spades.
All aces are spades.
No spades are pens.
Conclusions:
(I): All aces are hearts.
(II): No hearts are pens.
Important Questions from Conventional Syllogism
Read the given statements and conclusions carefully. Assuming that the information given in the statements is true, even if it appears to be at variance with commonly known facts, decide which of the given conclusions logically follow(s) from the statements.
Statements:
No bank is an office.
All offices are stalls.
Conclusions:
I. No bank is a stall.
II. No stall is a bank.
III. Some stalls are offices.
IV. All the stalls are offices
Read the given statements and conclusions carefully. Assuming that the information given in the statements is true, even if it appears to be at variance with commonly known facts, decide which of the given conclusions logically follow(s) from the statements.
Statements:
All flowers are beautiful.
Vaidehi is beautiful.
Conclusions:
I. Vaidehi is a flower.
II. Some beautiful are flowers.
Read the given statements and conclusions carefully. Assuming that the information given in the statements is true, even if it appears to be at variance with commonly known facts, decide which of the given conclusions logically follow(s) from the statements.
Statements:
1. All rugs are blankets.
2. All blankets are pillows.
3. Some blankets are frames.
Conclusions:
I. All pillows are rugs.
II. Some pillows are rugs.
III. All rugs are frames
Read the given statements and conclusions carefully. Assuming that the information given in the statements is true, even if it appears to be at variance with commonly known facts, decide which of the given conclusions logically follow(s) from the statements.
Statements:
Some fingers are toes.
Some toes are rings.
Some rings are hands.
Conclusions:
I. Some hands are toes.
II. Some rings are fingers.
III. Some hands are fingers.
V. Some fingers are rings.
Read the given statements and conclusions carefully. Assuming that the information given in the statements is true, even if it appears to be at variance with commonly known facts, decide which of the given conclusions logically follow(s) from the statements.
Statements:
All polygons are angles.
All angles are diagonals.
All cones are cubes.
All cubes are decagons.
No diagonal is a cube.
Conclusions:
I. Some diagonals are polygons.
II. All diagonals are decagons.
III. No polygon is a cone.
IV. Some cubes are angles.
