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- Logical Questions: Contains logical reasoning questions presented in a statement-conclusion format, designed to test deduction skills.
- Diagrammatic Methods: Illustrates logical reasoning methods using Venn diagrams to visually solve deductive reasoning challenges.
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youre Q Nos. 1-28) In each of the questions below are given two statements followed by two conclusion
Pome eta i You have to take the two given statements to be true oven if they seem to be at variance from
own facts and decide which of the given conclusion(s) logically follow(s) from the two given state;
disregarding commonly known facts. a a "ments,
Give answer
(2) ifonly Conclusion follows
() ifonly Conclusion I follows
(0 ifeither or il follows
(@) if neither | nor follows
(@) if both land Ilfollow
1. Statements
Conclusions
2. Statements
Conclusions
3. Statements
Conclusions
4, Statements
Conclusions
5. Statements
Conclusions
6. Statements
Conclusions
7. Statements
Conclusions
8. Statements
Conclusions
All cars are balls.
All balls are tables.
I. Some tables are balls.
TL. Some tables are cars.
‘Some rats are cats.
All cats are bats.
1. No rats are cats.
I. Some rats are bats.
Some schools are factories.
All factories are shops.
I. All shops are factories.
IIL. Some shops are schools.
Latha is a beautiful and intelligent gitl.
She is very good.
L. All beautiful girls are intelligent.
IL. Beauty and intelligence are the factors
of goodness.
All writers are lawyers.
All readers are lawyers.
I. Some lawyers are readers.
TL. Some readers are writers.
No colour is a paint.
No paint is a brush.
1. No colour is a brush.
TL. All brushes are colours.
{Bt (Clerk) 2012),
Al stars are planets.
Al planets are galaxies.
1. All galaxies are planets.
All stars are galaxies.
[81 (Clerk) 20121,
Some bags are hots.
All hots are cakes.
I, All cakes are bags.
TL, All bags are cakes.
Statements
Conclusions
10, Statements
Conclusions
11. Statements
Conclusions
12, Statements
Conclusions
13. Statements
Conclusions
14, Statements
Conclusions
15. Statements
Conclusions
All players are doctors.
Some doctors are actors.
1. Some doctors are players as well as
actors.
IL. All actors are doctors.
Some exams are tests.
No exam is a question.
I. No question is a test.
TI, Some tests are exams.
No house is an apartment.
Some apartments are bungalows.
[UCO Bank (Clr) zon)
I. No house is a bungalow.
TL. All bungalows being houses is a
possibility.
All plants are animals.
All insects are plants. [UCO Bank (Cle) 20m]
I. All insects being animals is a
possibility.
IL. There is a possibility that some animals
are neither insects nor plants.
All pens are ink.
No ink is an eraser.
1. No pen is an eraser.
TL, Some erasers are pens.
TUCO Bank (Clerk) 2001
Some gears are wheels.
All wheels are brakes.
I. No brake is gear.
TL. Atleast some gears are brakes.
No month is a year.
No year is a second,
I, All months are seconds.
Il, No second is month.
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husions 1 anette sities TL Alt hots are either seats or bets.
lusions I. At
on a. Nov | ne villages are towns. 23, Statements All exams are tests.
ae ge is a town, No test is a question. —IRBI (Grade ‘8’)20121
sf, Statements Some pins are cis. Conclusions I. Atleast some exams are questions.
16.
Some clips are pens. tandhra Bark (0) 2010)
Tl No exam is a question.
Condusions 1. Some pins are peng
UL. Some pins a " 24, Statements All rivers are lakes.
— He not pens, Alllakes are oceans, _1RBI (Grade 8’) 20121
18, Statements yee Conclusions 3. All rivers are oceans.
re Cs, Andhra Bank (PO) 20101 TL Atleast some oceans are lakes.
Conclusions 1. alts
I. Some este 25, Statements Some banks are colleges.
oe Al colleges are schools. [Rb (Grade 8) 20121
Conclusions 1. Atleast some banks are schools.
tBPS (Po) 2012) IL. All schools are colleges.
1. Atleast some trees are bushes,
TL. Some trees are definitely not bushes.
20. Statements All bottlers are glasses,
No cup isa glass,
Conclusions 1. No bottle is a cup,
19, Statements Some tees are plants,
All bushes are plants,
Conclusions
26, Statements Some exams are tests.
Wo exam is aquestion. (6
Conclusions I. No question is a test.
‘SBI (Clerk) 2012) Il. Some tests are definitely not exams.
(Po) 20121
TL At 27. Statements Some wires are fires.
I. Atleast some glasses are bottles, All fires are tyres. {81 (clerk) 2012}
21, Statements No bangle is an earrings, Conclusions I. Atleast some tyres are wires,
Some earrings are rings.IRBl (Grade'8} 20121 TL Some fires are definitely not wires.
Conclusions I. No ring is a bangle,
UL Some rings are definitely not earzings,
22, Statements All seats are hot.
All belts are hot. {canara Bank (0) 2010]
28, Statements No toffee is coffee.
No sweet is toffee. [81 (Clerk) 2012]
Conclusions I, No coffee is sweet.
IL, All sweets are coffee.
Directions (Q. Nos. 29-34) Two statements are
consider the two statements to be true even iF the
decide which of the conclusions, if any,
given below followed by two Conclusions | and I. You have to
"7 seem to be at variance with commonly known facts. You have to
follow from the given statements.
Give answer
(2) Only follows (b) Only follows
(Both land i! follow (4) Neither | nor follows
|. Statements Some books are magazines.
32. Statements Some chairs are made up of wood.
Some magazines are novels,
Some tables are made up of wood.
Conclusions I. Some books are novels. Conclusions 1. All wooden things are either chairs or
TL, Some novels are magazines. tables.
; 0. 7
30, Statements All good hockey playe:s are in the Indian ‘Some chairs are tables.
hockey team. 83. Statements All good athletes win,
‘X’is not a good hockey player. {CLAT 2014 All good athletes eat well. {MAT 20141
Conclusions I, ‘X’ is not in the Indian Hockey team. Conclusions 1, All those who eat well are good
TI, ‘X wants to be in the Indian Hockey athletes.
team. TL All those who win eat welt,
31. Statements Some scales are pencils. 34, Statements Some scooters are trucks.
Some erasers are pencils. All trucks are trains.
tase Otelianaline 20 Conclusions 1, Some scooters are trains.
Conclusions I. Some pencils are erasers. TL. No truck is a scooter,
II, Some pencils are scales.
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Balls eli
|. All beautiful gts are iteigent
Conclusions eauty and itligence ae the facto’
cars cof goodness. 4
Conclusions |, Some tables are bal. ”)
Some tables are cars. ”) 5. (a) Lawyers:
Method it
Soins ty weg medias andinmedale hrene tba
Allcars are bals. (A-type)
All balls are tables, (ype)
‘A+ B= A‘ype conclusion = Al cares are tabs. Conclusions |. Some lawyers are readers. ”
‘Allcars are tables —22™*8°"_, some tables are cars Ul. Some readers are writers, 0
= Conclusion i! —2200_, Some tables are balls 6 @)
= Conclusion |
Hence, both Conclusions and il folow.
Allbals ae tables
2. (6) Method | Colour Paint = Brush
Rats Cats
D © Brush Colour Paint
Rals Cals Bats Conclusions |. No colours a brush. 0
I Alltbrushes are colours. #
Conclisions | No ras 2 cals. oan
I. Some rats are bats a :
Method i
Some rats are cals. (Hype) on
Allcats are bats, (A-type)
11+ A-=ltype conclusion Planets
Some rats are bats = Conclusion I
No rats are cats is invalid because, ‘Stars
Some rats are cats (Statement Conclusions Al gala‘es ao planets, ”
So, only Conclusion I follows. |. Allstars are a ”
. 8
3.) Factories Scheels scores @ Hot Bags
Schools Shops as. Cakes
Shops Cakes
Conclusions |, All shops are factories, w Conclusions |. All cakes are bags. %
Il. Some shops are schools. ”) | All bags are cakes. ”
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Doctors
From above, itis clear that nly Conclu
froma sion| follows.
Tests Tests
Exams Questions Exams Questions
Conclusions |. No question is atest
(x)
I Some tests are :
shea are exams a
Some exams ate tet,
M
Noexamis a question esa
First we align the statements by folowing IEA Rule
Some exams are tests —S2™SO Some fasts are
exams.
Some tests are exams.
No examis a question,
‘Statement | = Conclusion i
1+ € = O-type conclusion
i.e, some tests are not questions.
Hence, Conclusion | does not folows,
ie ‘only Conclusion 1 follows.
Apartment Bungalows
“OGD - dip
House Bungalows 1s0 Apartment
House
(types)
(E-type)
or
Bungalows Apartment
Conclusions |. No house is a bungalow.
11. All bungalows being houses is a
possibilty. 0
=
Insects or
Plants
Animals
‘Allingects being animals is a
oss
1, frre ls poss hat sone
rea serait neck ro a.(/)
Conclusions
13. (@) Ink
Pens Eraser
Conclusions |. No penis an eraser. ”
Ul. Some erasers are pens 0
14, (0)
So, only Conclusion I allows,
“OO
None follows.
16. ()
Complementary pair (E-)
17.0 Clips: Pins
D- Q=
Conclusions | Teo
I. Some pins are not pens. %
‘Complementary pair (+O)
18. (@) Method |
O c
A
>
Conclusions |. Alls are Cs. ”
Ul, Some Ds are As. o
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Method i
All Ds are As, (Actype)
AlAs are Cs. (type)
‘A+ A = Actype conclusion
All Ds are Cs = Conclusion
All Ds are As —I™BICSI9_, Some Ds are As
Questions
= Conclusion it exams
Hence, both Conclusions | and I follow. Alleast some exams are quest
19. 0 Conclusions A exemis a question.
: Trees Plants Trees Plants 4
24. (e)
2 ‘Oceans
Lakes
Bushes Bushes Rivers
Conclusions |. Atleast some trees are bushes. (X)
i are oceans.
Il. Some trees are definitely not bushes. (X) Conclusions A ie es “
Complementary pair (+O)
20. (€) Glasses 25. (a) Schools Banks Coteges
Botles OUP Banks Colleges eae
Conclusions |, No bottie is a cup. “”) choos
IIL Alleast some glasses are bottles. (7) Conclusions |. Atleast some banks are schools. (V7)
21. (@) Rings Il. All schools are colleges.
26. (0) CD
Ea
Bangle Earrings Rings Bangles Earrings ms Tee yestons
Rings earrings
or
or
Exams Tests Questions
Bangles
Conclusions |. No questions a test. "
Conclusions |. No ring is a bangle. % Il, Some tests are defintely not exams.
I. Somerings are detitelynot earings. (6) 97, (gy e
22. (d) Seals Belts si Wires — Fives
Seats or
Belts
Wires. Fires
om Tyros
Conclusions |. All seats are belt
3 Conclusions |. Aticast some tyes aro wires. a
wi
I. Alfots ao otha oats orbets, (a I Some fires are definitely not
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a Coffee
Sweet
‘
‘Sweet
Totes
cates
. © “ O
Tote en Toffee Coffee Sweet
Conclusions 1. No cotteeis sweet,
i Sees om i
Toffee
Coffee
‘Method It
No totfeeis cottee.
No sweets totes Haat
E+ E=Invalid conclusion
From Conclusion
No coffee is sweet CAMO _, No sweet is coffee.
No sweets cote (E-ype)
Al sweets are cote
(stype)
Since, they have same subject and predicate they does not
focn complementary pair
Hence, neither of the conclusion folows.
aw B : Books
i Mi: Magazines
N Novels
Conclusions |, Some books are novels »
1. Some noves are magazines.)
30. (d) Neither of the two conclusions follows X' may or may not be
inside the outer circle (representing people in the Indian
Hockey Team)
Go
G : Good Hockey Players
|H: People in incian Hockey Team
Conclusions |, °X'isrotin the Indian Hockey Team. (X)
1X wants to be i the Indian Hockey
Team “7
31.)
Conclusions |. Some pencits are erasers, ”
1. Some pencils ae scales. ”
32. (6)
Sco
Conclusions |. Al wooden things are either chairs or
tables, ro)
|. Some chairs are tables. 09
33. (d)
: =
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Conclusions |. Allthose who eat well are good
athletes. 9
1. Allthose who win eat well ”
34. (a)
(cote
©)
Conclusions |. Some scooters are trans. ”
I. No truck is a scooter )
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