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Directions (1-10): In each group of questions below are two/ 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 from commonly known facts and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the two/three statements disregarding commonly known facts.

1.Statements:
Some roads are walls.
No wall is a street.
Conclusions:
I.No street is a road.
II.Some road are definitely not street.

If only conclusion I follows.
If only conclusion II follows.
If either conclusion I or conclusion II follows.
If neither conclusion I nor conclusion II follows
If both conclusion I and conclusion II follow.

Ans:2

2. Statements:
All banks are offices.
Some offices are halls.
Conclusions:
I. All banks are halls.
II. All halls being banks is a possibility.

If only conclusion I follows.
If only conclusion II follows.
If either conclusion I or conclusion II follows.
If neither conclusion I nor conclusion II follows
If both conclusion I and conclusion II follow.

Ans:2

3. Statements:
All glasses are soft.
All soft are kind
No kind is heat.
Conclusions:
I.Some glasses are definitely not kind.
II.No heat is glass.

If only conclusion I follows.
If only conclusion II follows.
If either conclusion I or conclusion II follows.
If neither conclusion I nor conclusion II follows
If both conclusion I and conclusion II follow.

Ans:2

4. Statements:
All lines are circles.
All circles are squares
No square is straight.
Conclusions:
I.No circle is straight.
II.Some lines being straight is a possibility

If only conclusion I follows.
If only conclusion II follows.
If either conclusion I or conclusion II follows.
If neither conclusion I nor conclusion II follows
If both conclusion I and conclusion II follow.

Ans:1

5. Statements:
Some symbols are figures.
All symbols are graphics.
No graphic is a picture.
Conclusions:
I.Some graphics are figures.
II. No symbol is a picture

If only conclusion I follows.
If only conclusion II follows.
If either conclusion I or conclusion II follows.
If neither conclusion I nor conclusion II follows
If both conclusion I and conclusion II follow.

Ans:5

6. Statements:
All Wires are switches.
Some switches are gems.
Some gems are boxes.
Conclusions:
I.Some boxes are switches is a possibility
II.Some gems are Wires.

If only I conclusion follows
If only II conclusion follows
If either I or II follows
If neither I nor II follows and
If both I and II follows

Ans:1

7. Statements:
Some locks are keys.
Some keys are weeks.
All weeks are Garden.
Conclusions:
I.Some gardens are locks.
II.No garden is a lock.

If only I conclusion follows
If only II conclusion follows
If either I or II follows
If neither I nor II follows and
If both I and II follows

Ans:3

8.Statements:
Some clothes are papers.
All papers are pins.
Some pins are pens.
Conclusions:
I.Some pens are clothes.
II.Some pens are papers

If only I conclusion follows
If only II conclusion follows
If either I or II follows
If neither I nor II follows and
If both I and II follows

Ans:4

9. Statements:
Some Cats are pets.
Some pets are cute.
Some cute are sweet.
Conclusions:
I.All sweet are cats is a possibility
II.Some pets are not sweets is a possibility