Syllogism Questions For Bank Exams PO and Clerk

Syllogism For IBPS RRB Exam: Syllogism is a very important topic of logical reasoning for Bank exams. You will get 3-5 questions from this in both prelims and mains exam. To cover this topic, first understand the basic concepts of syllogism and then solve advanced questions of syllogism. It consists of some statements followed by conclusions, you have to determine which of the given conclusions is true/false or follows/does not follow. Syllogism basically checks the ability of a student to draw conclusions or inferences from the given statements. The statements and conclusions in a syllogism may or may not be logical, but while solving syllogism-based questions, you have to assume it to be 100% true.

Syllogism Questions for Bank PO/ Clerk

Question 1: In the question below some statements are given followed by two conclusions 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 conclusion definitely follows from the given statements, disregarding commonly known facts.

Statements:

No Copy are Pen

No Pen are Pencil

Some Pencil are not Crayon

Conclusions:

I. Some Pencil are Copy is a possibility

II. At least some Pen are not Crayon

A) Only conclusion I follows

B) Only conclusion II follows

C) Both conclusion I and II follow

D) Either conclusion I or II follows

E) Neither conclusion I nor II follows

Solution:

We draw the following figure:

From the figure, we get, only conclusion I follows.

Hence, option a.

Question 2: In the question below some statements are given followed by two conclusions 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 conclusion definitely follows from the given statements, disregarding commonly known facts.

Statements:

No Bulb are Fan

Some Fan are Cooler

100% Cooler are Light

Conclusions:

I. No Bulb are Cooler

II. At least Some Fan are Light

A) Only conclusion I follows

B) Only conclusion II follows

C) Both conclusion I and II follow

D) Either conclusion I or II follows

E) Neither conclusion I nor II follows

Solution:

We draw the following figure:

From the figure, we get, only conclusion II follows.

Hence, option b.

Question 3: In the question below some statements are given followed by two conclusions 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 conclusion definitely follows from the given statements, disregarding commonly known facts.

Statements:

Every Drama are Script

Some Story are Script

Only a few Film are Story

Conclusions:

I. At least Some Drama are Story

II. All Story are Film

A) Only conclusion I follows

B) Only conclusion II follows

C) Both conclusion I and II follow

D) Either conclusion I or II follows

E) Neither conclusion I nor II follows

Solution:

We draw the following figure:

From the figure, we get, neither conclusion I nor II follows.

Hence, option e.

Question 4: In the question below there are three statements followed by two conclusions I and II. You have to take the three given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the three statements disregarding commonly known facts.

Statements:

Every knife is cut

Only a few cut is deep

A few deep is blood

Conclusions:

I. Some cut is not deep

II. No knife is blood

A) Only conclusion I follows

B) Both the conclusions I and II follow

C) Neither conclusion I nor II follow

D) Only conclusion II follows

E) Either conclusion I or II follows

Solution:

Following figures can be formed from the statements:

Only conclusion I follows.

Hence, option a.

Question 5: In the question below there are three statements followed by two conclusions I and II. You have to take the three given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the three statements disregarding commonly known facts.

Statements:

Only fact is valid

Only a few fact is known

Mostly known is sure

Conclusions:

I. Some known can be valid

II. All fact can be sure

A) Only conclusion I follows

B) Both the conclusions I and II follow

C) Neither conclusion I nor II follow

D) Only conclusion II follows

E) Either conclusion I or II follows

Solution:

Following figure can be formed from the statements:

Since only fact is valid is given which means all valid can only be a part of fact so, both the conclusions do not follow.

Neither conclusion I nor II follow.

Hence, option c.

Question 6: In the question below there are three statements followed by two conclusions I and II. You have to take the three given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the three statements disregarding commonly known facts.

Statements

Only a few back is cover

Every cover is front

Some front is screen

Conclusions

I. All front is back is a possibility

II. Some cover is screen

A) Only conclusion I follows

B) Both the conclusions I and II follow

C) Neither conclusion I nor II follow

D) Only conclusion II follows

E) Either conclusion I or II follows

Solution:

Following figure can be drawn from the statements.

Since all back cannot be front but all front can be back so conclusion I follows. There is no direct relation between screen and cover so conclusion II doesn’t follow.

Only conclusion I follows.

Hence option a.

Question 7: In the question below there are three statements followed by two conclusions I and II. You have to take the three given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the three statements disregarding commonly known facts.

Statements:

Only a few toast is bread

No bread is milk

All milk is jam

Conclusions:

I. Some toast is not milk

II. All toast can never be jam

A) Only conclusion I follows

B) Both the conclusions I and II follow

C) Neither conclusion I nor II follow

D) Only conclusion II follows

E) Either conclusion I or II follows

Solution:

Following figures can be formed from the statements:

From the above figure it is clear all toast can be jam so, conclusion II does not follow.

Only conclusion I follows.

Hence, option a.

Question 8: In the question below there are three statements followed by two conclusions I and II. You have to take the three given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the three statements disregarding commonly known facts.

Statements

Mostly pile is dile

Only a few dile is cyle

All cyle is mile

Conclusions

I. All cyle is pile

II. Some mile being pile is not a possibility

A) Only conclusion I follows

B) Both the conclusions I and II follow

C) Neither conclusion I nor II follow

D) Only conclusion II follows

E) Either conclusion I or II follows

Solution:

Following figure can be formed from the statements

There is no direct relation between cyle and pile so conclusion I doesn’t follow. There is a possibility of some mile being pile, as shown in the figure so conclusion II doesn’t follow.

Neither conclusion I nor II follow.

Hence, option c.

Question 9: In the question below there are three statements followed by two conclusions I and II. You have to take the three given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the three statements disregarding commonly known facts.

Statements

Only a few Mark is Wrap

Some Wrap is Crop

All Crop is Acid

Conclusions

I. Some Crop is Mark

II. All Acid are Wrap is possibility

A) Only conclusion I follows

B) Both the conclusions I and II follow

C) Neither conclusion I nor II follow

D) Only conclusion II follows

E) Either conclusion I or II follows

Solution:

Following figure can be drawn from the statements.

All Acid can be Wrap as shown in the figure so, conclusion II follows.

Hence, option d.

Question 10: In the question below there are three statements followed by two conclusions I and II. You have to take the three given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the three statements disregarding commonly known facts.

Statements:

Only a few M1 is K2

Only a few K2 is E3

Some E3 is F4

Conclusions:

I. All E3 being K2 is a possibility

II. All K2 being F4 is a possibility

A) Only conclusion I follows

B) Both the conclusions I and II follow

C) Neither conclusion I nor II follows

D) Only conclusion II follows

E) Either conclusion I or II follows

Solution:

Following figure can be drawn from the above statements.

Both the conclusions I and II follow.

Hence, option b.

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