SYLLogism Possibility

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(1) If only (1) conclusion follows

(2) If sonly (2) conclusion follows


(3) If either (1) or (2) follows
(4) If neither (1) nor (2) follows and
(5) If both (1) and (2) follow

1. Statements: All TV are LCD. Some LCD are LED.


Conclusions: I. Some LED are TV.
II. All TV being LED is a possibility.
2. Statements: Some doors are window. No window is a house.
Conclusion I. All house being door is a possibility.
II. At least some house is a window.
3. Statements: Some red are blue. Some green are red.
Conclusions: I. Some green are blue.
II. All green being blue is a possibility
4. Statements: All bronze are gold. Some silver are gold.
Conclusions: I. Some bronze are silver. II. No bronze is a silver
5. Statements: Some men are women. No women is child.
Conclusions: I. Some men being child is a possibility
II. Some child are women
Directions (Q. 6-10):
Options:
1) if only conclusion I follows.
2) if only conclusion II follows.
3) if either conclusion I or conclusion II follows.
4) if neither conclusion I nor conclusion II follows.
5) if both conclusion I and conclusion II follow.
(Q. 6-7):
Statements: All gliders are parachutes.
No parachute is an airplane.
All airplanes are helicopters.
6. Conclusions:
I. No helicopter is a glider.
II. All parachutes being helicopters is a possibility
7. Conclusions:
I. No glider is an airplane.
II. All gliders being helicopters is a possibility.
8. Statements: Some mails are chats.
All updates are chats.
Conclusions:
I. All mails being updates is a possibility.
II. No update is a mail.
(Q. 9-10):
Statements: No stone is metal.
Some metals are papers.

All papers are glass.


9. Conclusions:
I. No glass is metal.
II. At least some glasses are metals.
10. Conclusions:
I. All stones being glass is a possibility.
II. No stone is paper

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Syllogism Quiz on Possibility For SBI PO Exam


Directions (Q.1-5) : In each of the questions below are given three statements followed by two
conclusions numbered I and II. You have to take the given statements to be ture even if they seem to be
at variance with commonly known facts. Read all conclusions and then decide which of the given
conclusions logically follows from the given statements, disregarding commonly known facts. Give
answer(1) If only conclusion I follows
(2) If only conclusion II follows
(3) If only conclusion I or II follows
(4) If neither conclusion I nor II follows
(5) If both conclusions I and II follows
(Q. 1 2)
Statements: A. Some poor are rich
B. All rich are doctors.
C. Some intelligent are doctors.

1. Conclusions: I. At least some poor are intelligent.


II. All intelligent being rich is a possibility.
2. Conclusions: I. All intelligent being doctors is a possiblity.
II. Some poor are doctors.
(Q.3-4 )
Statements: A. All fans are bulbs
B. All wires are holders.
C. Some wires are bulbs.

3. Conclusions: I. At least some fans are wires.


II. All holders being fans is a possibility.
4. Conclusions: I. All fans being holders is a possibility.
II. Some holders are bulbs.
(Q.5 - 6)
Statements: A. No saving A/c is a current A/c.
B. Some fixed deposits are saving A/c.
C. Some currents A/c are recurring deposits.
5. Conclusions: I. All saving A/c being current A/c is a possibility.
II. All fixed deposits being current A/c is a possibility.
6. Conclusions: I. All current A/c being fixed deposits is a possibility.
II. All saving A/c being recurring deposits is a possibility.

Directions (Q. 7-11) : In each of the questions below are given three statements followed by
two conclusions numbered I and II. You have to take the given statements to be true even if
they seem to be at variance with commonly known facts. Read all the conclusions and then
decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the given statements, disregarding
commonly known facts. Give answer1. If only conclusion I follow.
2. If only conclusion II follows.
3. If either conclusion I or conclusion II follows.
4. If neither conclusion I nor conclusion II follows.
5. If both conclusions I and II follow.
7. Statements:
All shopkeepers are servants.
Some shopkeepers are poor.
No poor is rich.
Conclusions:
I. All shopkeepers, If they are poor, are also rich
II. At least some shopkeepers being rich is a possibility.
8. Statements:
All books are dictionaries.
Some books are diaries.
All dictionaries are copies
Conclusions:
I. Some books are not copies
II. All dictionaries being diaries is a possibility.
9. Statements:
No fan is a light.
All boards are fans.
All fans are wires.
Conclusions:

I. All boards being wires is a possibility.


II. No boards is a light.
10. Statements:
No oil is a bread.
No pot is a tap.
All breads are pots.
Conclusions:
I. Some oils are not pots.
II. All taps being breads is a possibility.
11. Statements:
Some soaps are liquid.
All shirts are soaps.
No shirt is a gold.
Conclusions:
I. Some liquid, if they are shirts are also soaps.
II. All gold being soaps is a possibility.
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