100+ Logical Reasoning Questions and Answers for Freshers - 1

Question: 1

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.
Statements :
I. Some soldiers are famous.
II. Some soldiers are intelligent.
Conclusions :
I. Some soldiers are either famous or intelligent.
II. Some soldiers are neither famous nor intelligent.

(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

Ans: D

Since both the premises are particular, so no conclusion follows.

Question: 2

Statements :
I. Some shirts are biscuits.
II. No biscuit is book.
Conclusions :
I. Some shirts are books.
II. Some books are biscuits.

(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

Ans: D

Since one premise is negative, so conclusion must be negative. So neither I nor II follows.

Question: 3

Statements :
I. No man is a donkey.
II. Rahul is a man.
Conclusions :
I. Rahul is not a donkey.
II. All men are not Rahul.

(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

Ans: A

Since one premise is negative, the conclusion must be negative. Conclusion II cannot follow as it contains the middle term. So, only conclusion I follows.

Question: 4

Statements :
I. All tubes are handles.
II. All cups are handles.
Conclusions :
I. All cups are tubes.
II. Some handles are not cups.

(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

Ans: D

Both the premises are A type propositions. So, in either, the middle term ‘handles’ forming the predicate is not distributed. Since the middle term is not distributed evem once in the premises, so no conclusion follows.

Question: 5

Statements :
I. All students in my class are intelligent.
II. Rohit is not intelligent.
Conclusions :
I. Rohit is not a student of my class.
II. Rohit must word hard.

(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

Ans: A

Since one premise is negative, the conclusion must be negative. So, only conclusion I follows.

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