Syllogism Online Test Reasoning Questions With Solutions, Online Test On Syllogism

Syllogism is a part of logical reasoning, Specially analytical reasoning. It consists of some statements, and Students need to obtain conclusions from the given statements. When solving Syllogism questions candidates must assume the given statements to be 100% true even if they seem illogical.

Various Prestigious government exams ask questions related to Syllogism, logical reasoning. Sollogism requires a strong vocabulary and general intelligence.

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Case-1:

Statement                    Definite Conclusions                   Possible Conclusions

All P are Q                       Some P are Q                          All Q are P
                                       Some Q are P                        Some Q are not P
                                        All P are Q

Case-2:

Statement                    Definite Conclusions                    Possible Conclusions

Some P are Q                 Some P are Q                               All P are Q
                                     Some Q are P                               All Q are P
                                                                                     Some P are not Q
                                                                                     Some Q are not P

Case-3:

Statement                    Definite Conclusions                    Possible Conclusions

Some P are not Q            Some P are not Q                       Some P are Q
                                                                                        No P is Q
                                                                                        No Q is P
                                                                                     Some Q are not P
                                                                                       All Q are P
Case-4:

Statement                   Definite Conclusions                      Possible Conclusions

No P is Q                          No P is Q                                 No possibility is true

Some Questions related to Syllogism are given below.

Question-1)

Statements:

No Cat is a dog.

Some Cats are crow.

All dogs are animals.

Conclusion:

Some dogs are crow.
Some crow are Cats.
Some animals are not Cats.

Solution:

From the Venn diagram we get,

Some dog are crow → False (No direct relation is given here)

Some crow are cat → True (Some cats are crow hence, some crow are cat is true)

Question 2)

Statement:

i) All cars are Bike

ii) All trucks are scooter

iii) No Bike are scooter

iv) Some trucks are cars

v) Some cars are scooter

a) I, V, III

b) II, V, IV

c) IV, II, V

e) None of these

Solution:

If we create the Venn diagram then we get, II, IV, V as true.

So, IV, II, V is true