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Syllogism Interview Questions and Answers

Syllogism Interview Questions and Answers

Question - 11 : -
In each of the following questions two statements are given and these statements are followed by two conclusions numbered (1) and (2). You have to take the given two 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 only (2) conclusion follows
(C) If either (1) or (2) follows
(D) If neither (1) nor (2) follows and
(E) If both (1) and (2) follow.

Question
Statements: All the windows are doors. No door is a wall.

Conclusions:

Some windows are walls.
No wall is a door.
A. Only (1) conclusion follows
B. Only (2) conclusion follows
C. Either (1) or (2) follows
D. Neither (1) nor (2) follows
E. Both (1) and (2) follow

Answer - 11 : -

Option B

Explanation:

Question - 12 : -
In each of the following questions two statements are given and these statements are followed by two conclusions numbered (1) and (2). You have to take the given two 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 only (2) conclusion follows
(C) If either (1) or (2) follows
(D) If neither (1) nor (2) follows and
(E) If both (1) and (2) follow.

Question
Statements: All cups are books. All books are shirts.

Conclusions:

Some cups are not shirts.
Some shirts are cups.
A. Only (1) conclusion follows
B. Only (2) conclusion follows
C. Either (1) or (2) follows
D. Neither (1) nor (2) follows
E. Both (1) and (2) follow

Answer - 12 : -

Option B

Explanation:

Question - 13 : -
In each of the following questions two statements are given and these statements are followed by two conclusions numbered (1) and (2). You have to take the given two 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 only (2) conclusion follows
(C) If either (1) or (2) follows
(D) If neither (1) nor (2) follows and
(E) If both (1) and (2) follow.

Question
Statements: Some cows are crows. Some crows are elephants.

Conclusions:

Some cows are elephants.
All crows are elephants.
A. Only (1) conclusion follows
B. Only (2) conclusion follows
C. Either (1) or (2) follows
D. Neither (1) nor (2) follows
E. Both (1) and (2) follow

Answer - 13 : -

Option D

Explanation:

Question - 14 : -
In each of the following questions two statements are given and these statements are followed by two conclusions numbered (1) and (2). You have to take the given two 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 only (2) conclusion follows
(C) If either (1) or (2) follows
(D) If neither (1) nor (2) follows and
(E) If both (1) and (2) follow.

Question
Statements: All the pencils are pens. All the pens are inks.

Conclusions:

All the pencils are inks.
Some inks are pencils.
A. Only (1) conclusion follows
B. Only (2) conclusion follows
C. Either (1) or (2) follows
D. Neither (1) nor (2) follows
E. Both (1) and (2) follow

Answer - 14 : -

Option E

Explanation:

Question - 15 : -
In each of the following questions two statements are given. Which are followed by four conclusions (1), (2), (3) and (4). Choose the conclusions which logically follow from the given statements.

Question
Statements: No door is dog. All the dogs are cats.

Conclusions:

No door is cat.
No cat is door.
Some cats are dogs.
All the cats are dogs.
A. Only (2) and (4)
B. Only (1) and (3)
C. Only (3) and (4)
D. Only (3)
E. All the four

Answer - 15 : -

Option D

Explanation:

Question - 16 : -
In each of the following questions two statements are given. Which are followed by four conclusions (1), (2), (3) and (4). Choose the conclusions which logically follow from the given statements.

Question
Statements: All green are blue. All blue are white.

Conclusions:

Some blue are green.
Some white are green.
Some green are not white.
All white are blue.
A. Only (1) and (2)
B. Only (1) and (3)
C. Only (1) and (4)
D. Only (2) and (4)

Answer - 16 : -

Option A

Explanation:

Question - 17 : -
In each of the following questions two statements are given. Which are followed by four conclusions (1), (2), (3) and (4). Choose the conclusions which logically follow from the given statements.

Question
Statements: All men are vertebrates. Some mammals are vertebrates.

Conclusions:

All men are mammals.
All mammals are men.
Some vertebrates are mammals.
All vertebrates are men.
A. Only (4)
B. Only (2)
C. Only (3)
D. Only (1)
E. Only (1) and (3)

Answer - 17 : -

Option C

Explanation:

Question - 18 : -
In each of the following questions two statements are given. Which are followed by four conclusions (1), (2), (3) and (4). Choose the conclusions which logically follow from the given statements.

Question
Statements: All the phones are scales. All the scales are calculators.

Conclusions:

All the calculators are scales.
All the phones are calculators
All the scales are phones.
Some calculators are phones.
A. Only (1) and (4)
B. Only (3) and (4)
C. Only (2) and (4)
D. Only (1) and (2)
E. Only (1) and (3)

Answer - 18 : -

Option C

Explanation:

Question - 19 : -
In each of the following questions two statements are given. Which are followed by four conclusions (1), (2), (3) and (4). Choose the conclusions which logically follow from the given statements.

Question
Statements: Some tables are T.V. Some T.V. are radios.

Conclusions:

Some tables are radios.
Some radios are tables.
All the radios are T.V.
All the T.V. are tables.
A. Only (2) and (4)
B. Only (1) and (3)
C. Only (4)
D. Only (1) and (4)
E. None of the four.

Answer - 19 : -

Option E

Explanation:

Question - 20 : -
In each of the following questions two statements are given. Which are followed by four conclusions (1), (2), (3) and (4). Choose the conclusions which logically follow from the given statements.

Question
Statements: Some pens are books. Some books are pencils.

Conclusions:

Some pens are pencils.
Some pencils are pens.
All pencils are pens.
All books are pens.
A. Only (1) and (3)
B. Only (2) and (4)
C. All the four
D. None of the four
E. Only (1)

Answer - 20 : -

Option D

Explanation:


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