Syllogism
- Statements:
(a) All books are novels.
(b) Some novels are poems.
Conclusions:
(I) Some books are poems.
(II) Some poems are novels.
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First Premise in Universal Affirmative (A - type).
Second Premise is Particular Affirmative (I - type).Correct Option: A
First Premise in Universal Affirmative (A - type).
Second Premise is Particular Affirmative (I - type).
All books are novels. ↔ Some novels are poems.
A + I ⇒ No Conclusion
Conclusion II is Converse of the second Premise.
- Statements:
I. Some birds are clouds.
II. Horse is a bird.
Conclusions:
I. Some clouds are birds.
II. Horse is not a cloud.
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Statement I is Particular Affirmative (I - type)
Statement II is Universal Affirmative (A - type).
Horse is a bird. ↔ Some birds are clouds.Correct Option: A
Statement I is Particular Affirmative (I-type)
Statement II is Universal Affirmative (A-type).
Horse is a bird. ↔ Some birds are clouds.
A + I ⇒ No Conclusion
Conclusion I is Converse of the Statement I.
- Statements:
(a) Some politicians are social workers.
(b) All doctors are social workers.
Conclusions:
I. Some doctors are politicians
II. Some social workers are doctors as well as politicians
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First Premise is Particular Affirmative (I – type).
Second Premise is Universal Affirmative (A–type).
All doctors are social workers. ↔ Some social workers are politicians.Correct Option: A
First Premise is Particular Affirmative (I – type).
Second Premise is Universal Affirmative (A – type).
All doctors are social workers. ↔ Some social workers are politicians.
A + I ⇒ No Conclusion.
Direction: Two statement are given followed by two conclusions I and II. You have to consider the two statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts. You have to decide which one of the given conclusions are definitely drawn from the given statements:
- Statements:
All University Professors have a doctorate degree. X is a lady professor.
Conclusions:
I. X does not have a Doctorate degree.
II. Only men Professors have a Doctorate degree.
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Both the premises are Universal Affirmative. We can align the premises by changing their order. Thus,
X is a lady professor. ↔ All University professors have a doctorate degree.Correct Option: C
Both the premises are Universal Affirmative. We can align the premises by changing their order. Thus,
X is a lady professor. ↔ All University professors have a doctorate degree.
We know that,
A + A → A - type conclusion. Thus our derived conclusion would be “X has a doctorate degree”.
Direction: In the following question, one statement is given, followed by two conclusion I and II. You have to consider the statement to be true even if it seems to be at variance from commonly known facts. You have to decide which of the given conclusions, if any, follow from the given statement.
- Statement:
All philosophers are men. Socrates was a philosopher. Conclusion:
I. Socrates was a man.
II. Women cannot become philosophers.
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Draw a figure and solve the question.
Correct Option: D
All philosophers without exception are men. So no woman can be philosopher.