9th Class Mental Ability Syllogisms Question Bank Syllogism

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    Directions: In each question below are two statements followed by two conclusions numbered I and II. You have to take the two given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the two statements disregarding commonly known facts.
    Statements: I. All puppies are tigers.
    II. All kittens are tigers.
    Conclusions: I. All puppies are kittens...
    II. Ali tigers are puppies.

    A) Only I follows   

    B)        Only II follows

    C) Either I or II follows        

    D) Neither I nor II follows

    E) Both land II follow

    Correct Answer: D

    Solution :

    Explanation Option [d] is correct. Let us see: For aligning the statements we convert them as below. All puppies are tigers conversion  puppies are tigers. (I type) All kittens are tigers conversion   tigers are kittens. (I type) But we know that I + I = No conclusion. Clearly, option [d] will be correct. Rest of the options is incorrect because of the correctness of option [d].


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