alleryStart learning →How many statements make up a standard syllogism?
- Five
- Four
- Two
- Three
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Correct answer: D. Three
Two premises plus one conclusion give three statements.
SSC CGL Drawing Inferences and Syllogistic Reasoning — practice questions
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How many statements make up a standard syllogism?Read the answer and worked solution →All men are mortal; Socrates is a man; so Socrates is mortal. Which is the middle term?Read the answer and worked solution →All Greeks are men; all men are mortal; so all Greeks are mortal. Name the major term.Read the answer and worked solution →In the argument 'All men are mortal, all Greeks are men, so all Greeks are mortal', which is the minor term?Read the answer and worked solution →Which of these is a universal proposition?Read the answer and worked solution →In traditional logic, 'Some S are not P' belongs to which form?Read the answer and worked solution →Which statement is the particular affirmative, the I form?Read the answer and worked solution →In 'No beetles are mammals', which terms are distributed?Read the answer and worked solution →In 'Some Americans are conservatives', which terms are distributed?Read the answer and worked solution →What is the contrapositive of 'All S are P'?Read the answer and worked solution →If it is false that all A are B, which inference is invalid?Read the answer and worked solution →Given 'Some A are not B', which conclusion is a fallacy?Read the answer and worked solution →From 'Some A are B', which conclusion is not guaranteed?Read the answer and worked solution →A statement of the form 'If P, then Q' is aRead the answer and worked solution →A syllogism with conditional statements in both premises is calledRead the answer and worked solution →A premise of the form 'Either P or Q' belongs to which type of syllogism?Read the answer and worked solution →An argument in which one syllogism's conclusion becomes the next premise is aRead the answer and worked solution →A syllogism that leaves one premise unstated is called anRead the answer and worked solution →How many logically distinct types of categorical syllogism are there?Read the answer and worked solution →All dogs are animals; all cats are animals; so all dogs are cats. The error isRead the answer and worked solution →No wolf is a cat; no cat is a bird; so no wolf is a bird. The error isRead the answer and worked solution →If either premise of a valid categorical syllogism is negative, the conclusion must beRead the answer and worked solution →If it rains, the road is wet. The road is wet, so it rained. This isRead the answer and worked solution →If she studies, she passes. She did not study, so she fails. This isRead the answer and worked solution →Either the train or the bus is late. The train is on time. SoRead the answer and worked solution →If A then B, and if B then C. ThereforeRead the answer and worked solution →All cats are dogs; all dogs are birds. Which must be true?Read the answer and worked solution →All pens are books; no book is a pencil. Which must be true?Read the answer and worked solution →Some desks are chairs; all chairs are wood. Which must be true?Read the answer and worked solution →No bird is a fish; some fish are big. Which must be true?Read the answer and worked solution →
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All men are mortal; Socrates is a man; so Socrates is mortal. Which is the middle term?
- death
- Socrates
- mortal
- men
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Correct answer: D. men
Men appears in both premises but never in the conclusion, which makes it the middle term.
All Greeks are men; all men are mortal; so all Greeks are mortal. Name the major term.
- Greeks
- Athens
- men
- mortal
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Correct answer: D. mortal
The major term is the predicate of the conclusion, here mortal.
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