Syllogisms CAT 2011

MBA CAT 2023
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I think there is no thread of Syllogisms.So I am creating a new one. Here the first set goes :: SET 1 Direction for question: In the question given below there are three statements followed by three conclusions. You have to read th…

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I think there is no thread of Syllogisms.So I am creating a new one.
Here the first set goes

SET 1

Direction for question: In the question given below there are three statements followed by three conclusions. You have to read the given three statements and take them to be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts. Read the conclusions and then decide which of the conclusions logically follows from the given three statements, disregarding commonly known facts.
Q.1
Statements:
(i) Some softwares are files.
(ii) All files are folders.
(iii) Some folders are executable.

Conclusions:
(i) Some softwares are executable.
(ii) All executables are files.
(iii) Some softwares are folders.


a )Either(i) or (ii) follows
b)Only (ii) follows
c)Only (iii) follows
d)Both (ii) and (iii) follow
e)None follows

Q.2
Statements:
(i) Some Japanese are athletes.
(ii) Some mountaineers are brave.
(iii) All brave are Japanese.

Conclusions:
(i) All mountaineers are Japanese
(ii) Some Japanese are mountaineers.
(iii) All athletes are brave.

a)Either (ii) or (iii) follows
b)Only (ii) follows
c)Only (i) follows
d)All follow
e)None follows

Q.3
Statements:
(i) All watermelons are cucumbers.
(ii) Some grapes are pickles.
(iii) Some pickles are watermelons.

Conclusions:
(i) No grape is a watermelon.
(ii) Some watermelons are grapes.
(iii) Some cucumbers are pickles.

a)Only (i) follows
b)Only (ii) follows
c)Only (iii) follows
d)Either (i) or (ii) follows
e)Either (i) or (ii) but (iii) definitely follows

Direction for question : Answer the question based on the following information. Examine each of the given statements and decide which of the following conclusions logically follows from it.
Mark your answer as:
a. If only conclusion I follows
b. If only conclusion II follows
c. If both the conclusions I and II follow
d. If either conclusion I or II follows
e. If neither conclusion I nor II follows

Q.4
Statements:
All bags are back-packs.
Some back-packs are made of jute.

Conclusions:
I. Some bags are made of jute.
II. All back-pack bags are made of jute


a)If only conclusion I follows
b)If only conclusion II follows
c)If both the conclusions I and II follow
d)If either conclusion I or II follows
e)If neither conclusion I nor II follows

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Set-1

1-c
2-b
3-c
4-e
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no1 wants to answer??

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IcanIwill11m Says
no1 wants to answer??


hey I have already answered it.
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OA SET 1

1. c
2. b
3. e
4. e

so less ppl 😞
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Set-1

1-c
2-b
3-c
4-a

I think this is right..
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Set-1

1-c
2-b
3-c
4-a

I think this is right..


OA is posted
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SET 2
1.
Statements:
(i) Some Canadian are producers.
(ii) All designers are philanderers.
(iii) Some producers are philanderers.

Conclusions:
(i) Some designers are canadian.
(ii) Some philanderers are designers.
(iii) Some philanderers are producers.


a)Only (i) follows
b)Either (i) or (ii) and (iii) follow
c)Either (ii) or (iii) and (i) follow
d)Both (i) and (iii) follow
e)Both (ii) and (iii) follow

2.
Statements:
(i) Some shoppers are anorexic.
(ii) All girls are anoxeric.
(iii) All boys are shoppers.

Conclusions:
(i) All boys are girls.
(ii) Some girls are boys.
(iii) Some girls are shoppers.


a)Only (ii) follows
b)Only (iii) follows
c)Both (ii) and (iii) follow
d)Either (i) or (ii) follows
e)None follows

3.
Statements:
(i) All doctors are intelligent.
(ii) Some engineers are dumb.
(iii) No doctor is dumb.

Conclusions: (i) Some intelligents are dumb.
(ii) No dumb is intelligent.
(iii) Some doctors are engineers.


a)Either (i) or (ii) follows
b)Only (i) follows
c)Only (iii) follows
d)All follow
e)None follows

4.
Statements:
(i) All airports are tidy.
(ii) Some departments are neat.
(iii) Some airports are departments.

Conclusions:
(i) Some departments are tidy.
(ii) Some airports are neat.
(iii) No neat is airport.


a) Only (i) follows
b) Only (ii) follows
c)(i) and either (ii) or (iii) follow
d)All follow
e)None follows

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Set 2:
My Take
e
e
e
a

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Set 2
1)e
2)e
3)e
4)c

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Set-2

1-e
2-e
3-e
4-c.

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please someone post the approach for these question... is it by Venn diagram or by affirmative/negative/particular approach...???

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Set 2 :

1) e
2) e
3) a
4) c
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Arpitgs Says
please someone post the approach for these question... is it by Venn diagram or by affirmative/negative/particular approach...???


Approach is mostly the use of Venn diagram.
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please explain me, i only use the other one and sometimes find difficulty in using it... please

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Arpitgs Says
please explain me, i only use the other one and sometimes find difficulty in using it... please


Affirmative , negative.......approach is best when only 2 premises are given, but for more then 2 premises Venn Diagram method is easy, less time consuming and effective.
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aree please explain

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Takes on SET 2:

(1) e
(2) e
(3) a
(4) c

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my take on set-2:
e
e
a
c