Reasoning Aptitude
LOGIC MCQs
The following questions two statements are given and these statements are followed by two conclusions
numbered I and II. You have to take tfie 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 ofthe given conclusions logically
follows from the two given statements, disregarding commonly known facts.
Statements : All teachers are good.Some women are teachers.
Conclusions I. All good teachers are women.
II. Some women are good.
Since one premise is particular, the conclusion must be particular. So. only conclusion II follows.
The following questions two statements are given and these statements are followed by two conclusions
numbered I and II. You have to take tfie 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 ofthe given conclusions logically
follows from the two given statements, disregarding commonly known facts.
Statements : Some flies are ants.All insects are ants.
Conclusions : I. All flies are ants.
II. Some ants are insects.
Since the middle term is not distributed even once in the premises, no conclusion follows.
The following questions two statements are given and these statements are followed by two conclusions
numbered I and II. You have to take tfie 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 ofthe given conclusions logically
follows from the two given statements, disregarding commonly known facts.
Statements : All goats are wolves.Some wolves are tigers.
Conclusions: I. Some goats are tigers.
II. Tigers which are wolves are goats.
Since the middle term is not distributed even once in the premises, no conclusion follows.
The following questions two statements are given and these statements are followed by two conclusions
numbered I and II. You have to take tfie 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 ofthe given conclusions logically
follows from the two given statements, disregarding commonly known facts.
Statements : Some phones are watches.All watches are guns.
Conclusions: I. All guns are watches.
II. Some guns are phones.
Since one premise is particular, the conclusion must be particular. So. only conclusion
II follows.
The following questions two statements are given and these statements are followed by two conclusions
numbered I and II. You have to take tfie 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 ofthe given conclusions logically
follows from the two given statements, disregarding commonly known facts.
Statements : Some stones are cups.Some cups are black.
Conclusions : I. Some black are not cups.
II. Some cups are stones.
Since both the premises are particular, no conclusion follows.
The following questions two statements are given and these statements are followed by two conclusions
numbered I and II. You have to take tfie 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 ofthe given conclusions logically
follows from the two given statements, disregarding commonly known facts.
Statements : Most crops are machines.Some machines are fools.
Conclusions : I. Some fools are machines.
II. Some crops are fools.
Since both the premises are particular, no conclusion follows.
The following questions two statements are given and these statements are followed by two conclusions
numbered I and II. You have to take tfie 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 ofthe given conclusions logically
follows from the two given statements, disregarding commonly known facts.
Statements : No man is a donkey.Rahul is a man.
Conclusions : I. Rahul is not a donkey.
II. All men are not Rahul.
Since one premise is negative, the conclusion must be negative. Conclusion II cannot
follow as it contains the middle term. So, only conclusion I follows.
The following questions two statements are given and these statements are followed by two conclusions
numbered I and II. You have to take tfie 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 ofthe given conclusions logically
follows from the two given statements, disregarding commonly known facts.
Statements : Some calendars are sticks.No stick is flower.
Conclusions: I. Some calendars are flowers.
II. No calendar is flower.
Since one premise is particular, the conclusion must be particular. So, II cannot fallow.
Since one premise is negative, the conclusion must be negative. So, I cannot follow. |
The following questions two statements are given and these statements are followed by two conclusions
numbered I and II. You have to take tfie 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 ofthe given conclusions logically
follows from the two given statements, disregarding commonly known facts.
Statements : All poles are guns.Some boats are not poles.
Conclusions : I. All guns are boats.
II. Some boats are not guns.
Clearly, the term 'guns' is distributed in both the conclusions without being distributed
in any of the premises. So. no conclusion follows.
The following questions two statements are given and these statements are followed by two conclusions
numbered I and II. You have to take tfie 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 ofthe given conclusions logically
follows from the two given statements, disregarding commonly known facts.
Statements : Some kites are horses.
All horses are dogs.
Conclusions : I. All dogs are horses.
II. Some dogs are horses.
None of the conclusions follows us both contain the middle term.