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SSC CGL Drawing Inferences and Syllogistic Reasoning — practice questions — page 2

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All roses are flowers; some plants are roses. Which must be true?Read the answer and worked solution →All doctors are teachers; no teacher is a pilot. Which must be true?Read the answer and worked solution →All stars are moons; all moons are planets; all planets are suns. Which follows?Read the answer and worked solution →Some men are wise; no wise person is cruel. Which must be true?Read the answer and worked solution →All men are mortal; Rahul is a man. SoRead the answer and worked solution →No fish can fly; all sparrows can fly. Which must be true?Read the answer and worked solution →Some actors are singers; all singers are dancers. Which follows?Read the answer and worked solution →The premise containing the major term is called theRead the answer and worked solution →The premise containing the subject of the conclusion is theRead the answer and worked solution →The term shared by both premises but absent from the conclusion is theRead the answer and worked solution →In a categorical syllogism, the subject of the conclusion is theRead the answer and worked solution →Most logicians treat 'Socrates is a man' as which kind of proposition?Read the answer and worked solution →'Some S are P' and 'Some S are not P' are termedRead the answer and worked solution →What is the quality of the statement 'No S are P'?Read the answer and worked solution →All trees are plants; some plants are green. Does 'Some trees are green' follow?Read the answer and worked solution →No cat is a dog; all dogs are animals. Does 'No cat is an animal' follow?Read the answer and worked solution →From 'some A are B, some B are C', people wrongly conclude 'some A are C'. This isRead the answer and worked solution →If it is false that no A are B, which cannot be validly inferred?Read the answer and worked solution →Either Ravi or Sita won; Ravi did not win. SoRead the answer and worked solution →All A are B; all B are C; all C are D. Which is definitely true?Read the answer and worked solution →All teachers are readers; no reader is lazy. Which must be true?Read the answer and worked solution →Some books are pens; all pens are cheap. Which must be true?Read the answer and worked solution →No stone is soft; all pillows are soft. Which must be true?Read the answer and worked solution →

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All roses are flowers; some plants are roses. Which must be true?

  1. Some plants are flowers
  2. All plants are flowers
  3. All flowers are roses
  4. No plant is a flower
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Correct answer: A. Some plants are flowers

The plants that are roses are flowers, so some plants are flowers.

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All doctors are teachers; no teacher is a pilot. Which must be true?

  1. No doctor is a pilot
  2. All pilots are doctors
  3. Some doctors are pilots
  4. All teachers are doctors
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Correct answer: A. No doctor is a pilot

Doctors sit inside teachers, and teachers exclude pilots, so doctors exclude pilots.

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All stars are moons; all moons are planets; all planets are suns. Which follows?

  1. All stars are suns
  2. All suns are stars
  3. No star is a sun
  4. Some stars are not suns
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Correct answer: A. All stars are suns

Following the chain star to moon to planet to sun, every star is a sun.

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