Reasoning Quiz

In each of the questions below are given four statements followed by three conclusions numbered J, II and HI. You have to take the given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance with commonly known facts. Read all the conclusions and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the given statements disregarding commonly known facts.

1. Statements: Some leaves are flowers. No flower is fruit. Some fruits are branches. Some branches are stems.
 Conclusions:
 I. Some leaves are stems. II. All leaves are either stems or fruits. III. All stems are either branches or fruits.

a) Only I follows
b) Only II & III follow
c) Only III follows
d) All follow
e) None follows

2. Statements: All lions are tigers. All tigers are leopards. Some leopards are wolves. No wolf is elephant.
Conclusions:
 I. No elephant is lion. II. Some wolves are lions. III. Some leopards are lions.
a) Only I follows
b) Only II follows
c) Only III follows
d) Only I & II follow
e) (c) All follow

3. Statements: Some caps are umbrellas. Some umbrellas are raincoats. All raincoats are trousers. All trousers are jackets.
Conclusions:
I. Some raincoats are caps. II. Some trousers are umbrellas. III. All raincoats are jackets.
a) None follows
b) Only I & II follow
c) Only II & III follow
d) Only I & III follow
e) None of these

4. Statements: Some fans are coolers. Some coolers are machines. Some machines are computers. All computers are televisions.
Conclusions:
I. Some televisions are machines. II. Some machines are fans. III. No machine is a fan.
a) None follows
b) Only I follows
c) Only either II or III follows
d) Only I and either II or III· follow
e) All follow

5. Statements: All keys are staplers. All staplers are blades. Some blades are erasers. Some erasers are sharpness.
Conclusions:
I. Some sharpeners are II. All keys are blades. III. Some erasers are keys.
a) Only I & II follow
b) Only I follow
c) Only II follows
d) Ail follows
e) None of these

Answers
1- E
2- C
3- C
4- D
5-  C