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AFCAT Syllogism — practice questions

Explore 5 free Syllogism questions in AFCAT General Intelligence and Reasoning. Open each question or exercise to read its content, reference answers and available explanation.

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Statements: All cats are mammals. All mammals are animals. Conclusion: All cats are animals.Read the answer and worked solution →Statements: Some dogs are brown. All brown things are animals. Conclusion: Some dogs are animals.Read the answer and worked solution →Statements: No teachers are lazy. Some teachers are intelligent. Conclusion: Some intelligent are not lazy.Read the answer and worked solution →Statements: (i) All students are hardworking. (ii) Rohan is not hardworking. Which conclusion is valid?Read the answer and worked solution →All ducks swim. Donald is a duck. Therefore:Read the answer and worked solution →

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Statements: All cats are mammals. All mammals are animals. Conclusion: All cats are animals.

  1. Cannot say
  2. Does not follow
  3. Partially follows
  4. Conclusion follows
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Correct answer: D. Conclusion follows

**Classic syllogism:** A ⊂ B, B ⊂ C → A ⊂ C. Cats ⊂ mammals ⊂ animals → cats ⊂ animals. Conclusion validly follows.

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Statements: Some dogs are brown. All brown things are animals. Conclusion: Some dogs are animals.

  1. Follows
  2. Both follow
  3. Does not follow
  4. Cannot say
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Correct answer: A. Follows

Some dogs are brown; all brown things are animals → those brown dogs are animals → some dogs are animals. Valid conclusion.

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Statements: No teachers are lazy. Some teachers are intelligent. Conclusion: Some intelligent are not lazy.

  1. Does not follow
  2. Follows
  3. Random
  4. Cannot determine
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Correct answer: B. Follows

Some teachers are intelligent (call them set X). All teachers are not lazy. So X (which is teachers) is also not lazy. **Hence 'some intelligent are not lazy' follows.**

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