GyanCentral - The hub for engineering and law students - IIT-JEE, AIEEE, BITSAT, CLAT, AILET - 2012: Syllogism questions for CLAT 2013 Sep 26th 2012, 12:25 GyanCentral - The hub for engineering and law students - IIT-JEE, AIEEE, BITSAT, CLAT, AILET - 2012 | The most comprehensive career education and test preparation forums in india. | | Syllogism questions for CLAT 2013 Sep 26th 2012, 09:01 Question 1 Statement: Some watches are hens. All hens are wall clocks. Conclusions : I. All watches are wall clocks II. some wall clocks are hens. Options. a) Only I can be true always b) Only II can be true always c) Both I and II can be true always d) Both I and II cannot be true always Answer Option b is the correct answer. Reason : Conclusion I cannot be true as only some watches could be wall clocks. However, conclusion II is true always as some wall clocks have to be hens. Question 2 Statement: Some Red Boxes are Green Boxes. All Red Boxes are Yellow Boxes. Conclusions : I. Some Yellow Boxes are Green Boxes. II. All Green Boxes are Red Boxes. Options. a) Only I can be true always b) Only II can be true always c) Both I and II can be true always d) Both I and II cannot be true always Answer Option a is the right answer. Reason : Since all red boxes are yellow boxes and some red boxes are green, conclusion I is true always. But there is no indication that all green boxes are red boxes and hence conclusion II cannot be true. Question 3 Statements: Some shops are footages. All footages are slippers. Conclusions : I. Some slippers are shops II.No slipper is shop Options: a) Only I can be true always b) Only II can be true always c) Both I and II can be true always d) Both I and II cannot be true always Answer Option a is correct answer. Reason : In Second conclusion, the term 'slipper' is distributed which is not distributed in premises. Question 4 Statement: Some blues are oranges. Some oranges are green Conclusions : I.Some blues are green. II. No blue is green. Options. a) Only I can be true always b) Only II can be true always c) Both I and II can be true always d) Both I and II cannot be true always Answer Option d is correct answer. Reason : The middle term 'oranges' has not been distributed at least once in the premises. More over, the combination of SIP and SIP never produces any conclusion. Question 5 Statement: No teacher is Engineer. Some engineers are not Doctor Conclusions : I.All teachers are Doctors. II. Some teachers are Doctors. Options. a) Only I can be true always b) Only II can be true always c) Both I and II can be true always d) Both I and II cannot be true always Answer Option d is correct answer. Reason : Because, the combination of two negative premises produces nothing. | | | | |
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