Logical Reasoning

Logical Deduction - Section 1

Directions to Solve

In each question below are given two statements followed by two conclusions numbered I and II. You have to take the given two statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts. Read the conclusion and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the two given statements, disregarding commonly known facts.

Give answer:

    (A) If only conclusion I follows

    (B) If only conclusion II follows

    (C) If either I or II follows

    (D) If neither I nor II follows and

    (E) If both I and II follow.

41. 

Statements: All men are married. Some men are educated.

Conclusions:

I.  Some married are educated.

II. Some educated are married.
A. Only conclusion I follows
B. Only conclusion II follows
C. Either I or II follows
D. Neither I nor II follows
E. Both I and II follow
42. 

Statements: Some men are educated. Educated persons prefer small families.

Conclusions:

I.  All small families are educated.

II. Some men prefer small families.
A. Only conclusion I follows
B. Only conclusion II follows
C. Either I or II follows
D. Neither I nor II follows
E. Both I and II follow
43. 

Statements: All educated people read newspapers. Rahul does not read newspaper.

Conclusions:

I.  Rahul is not educated.

II. Reading newspaper is not essential to be educated.
A. Only conclusion I follows
B. Only conclusion II follows
C. Either I or II follows
D. Neither I nor II follows
E. Both I and II follow
44. 

Statements: All pens are chalks. All chairs are chalks.

Conclusions:

I.  Some pens are chairs.

II. Some chalks are pens.
A. Only conclusion I follows
B. Only conclusion II follows
C. Either I or II follows
D. Neither I nor II follows
E. Both I and II follow
45. 

Statements: Bureaucrats marry only intelligent girls. Tanya is very intelligent.

Conclusions:

I.  Tanya will marry a bureaucrat.

II. Tanya will not marry a bureaucrat.
A. Only conclusion I follows
B. Only conclusion II follows
C. Either I or II follows
D. Neither I nor II follows
E. Both I and II follow
46. 

Statements: Some engineers are fools. Anand is an engineer.

Conclusions:

I.  Some fools are engineers.

II. Anand is a fool.
A. Only conclusion I follows
B. Only conclusion II follows
C. Either I or II follows
D. Neither I nor II follows
E. Both I and II follow
47. 

Statements: All poles are guns. Some boats are not poles.

Conclusions:

I.  All guns are boats.

II. Some boats are not guns.
A. Only conclusion I follows
B. Only conclusion II follows
C. Either I or II follows
D. Neither I nor II follows
E. Both I and II follow
48. 

Statements: Many scooters are trucks. All trucks are trains.

Conclusions:

I.  Some scooters are trains.

II. No truck is a scooter.
A. Only conclusion I follows
B. Only conclusion II follows
C. Either I or II follows
D. Neither I nor II follows
E. Both I and II follow
49. 

Statements: Some papers are pens. Angle is a paper.

Conclusions:

I.  Angle is not a pen.

II. Angle is a pen.
A. Only conclusion I follows
B. Only conclusion II follows
C. Either I or II follows
D. Neither I nor II follows
E. Both I and II follow
50. 

Statements: All birds are tall. Some tall are hens.

Conclusions:

I.  Some birds are hens.

II. Some hens are tall.
A. Only conclusion I follows
B. Only conclusion II follows
C. Either I or II follows
D. Neither I nor II follows
E. Both I and II follow

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