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Identify the argument which cannot be accepted.

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प्रश्न

Identify the argument which cannot be accepted.

पर्याय

  • All wives are married. Therefore, all married people are wives.

  • All unmarried women are spinsters. Therefore, all spinsters are women.

  • All equilateral triangles are equiangular. Therefore, all equiangular triangles are equilateral.

  • All rainy days are wet days. Therefore, all wet days are rainy days.

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उत्तर

All wives are married. Therefore, all married people are wives.

Explanation:

All wives are married Therefore, all married people are wives cannot be accepted.

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Syllogism and Critical Reasoning (Entrance Exam)
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2015-2016 (May) Set 1

संबंधित प्रश्‍न

The questions below have two/three statements followed by two conclusions numbered I and II. 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 follow from the given statements disregarding commonly known facts.
Statements:
I. No athletes are vegetarians.
II. All players are athletes.
II. Therefore, ________________


Read the following statement considering them to be true and therefore judge their conclusions numbered I, II and III and given your answer accordingly.
Statements: Some tables are chairs. All chairs are benches. All benches are desks.
Conclusions:
I. Some desks are table
II. Some benches are tables.
III. Some desks are chairs.


The passage below is followed by a question based on it. Read the passage choose the best answer to the question.
A study of native-born residents in Delhi found that two-thirds of the children developed considerable levels of nearsightedness after starting school, while their illiterate parents and grandparents, who had no opportunity for formal schooling, showed no signs of this disability.
If the above statements are true, which of the following conclusions is most strongly supported by them?


Statement: All the organized persons find time for rest. Sunita, in spite of her very busy schedule, finds time for rest.

Conclusions:

I. Sunita is an organized person.
II. Sunita is an industrious person.


Statement: The manager humiliated Sachin in the presence of his colleagues.

Conclusions: 

I. The manager did not like Sachin.
II. Sachin was not popular with his colleagues.


Statement: The Government of country X has recently announced several concessions and offered attractive package tours for foreign visitors.

Conclusions:

I. Now, more foreign tourists will visit the country. 
II. The Government of country X seems to be serious in attracting tourists.


The question contains six statements followed by four sets of combinations of three. Choose the set in which the combinations are logically related. 

(1) Some buildings are not skyscrapers. 
(2) Some skyscrapers are not buildings.
(3) No structure is a skyscraper.
(4) All skyscrapers are structures.
(5) Some skyscrapers are buildings.
(6) Some structures are not buildings.


The question contains four arguments of three sentences each. Choose the set in which the third statement is a logical conclusion of the first two.

Argument 1. All envelopes are rectangles. All rectangles are rectangular. All the envelops are rectangular.
Argument 2. Some thin are smart. Some smart things are tiny. Some thin are tiny
Argument 3. Learned are well-read. Well, read know. Learned know.
Argument 4. Dieting is good for health. Health foods are rare. Dieting is rare.


In the following questions. there are statements followed by conclusions. Find out the most appropriate response on the basis of the given statements.

Statement1: All singers are dancers. 
Statement 2: Some dancers are actors.

Conclusions:
I. Some actors are Singers.
II. No actor is a singer.
III. All dancers are singers.
IV. All singers are actors.


Three statements are given, following by four conclusions numbered I, II, III and IV. Assuming the statements to be true, even if they seem to be at variance with commonly known facts, decide which of the conclusions logically follow(s) from the statements.

Statements: Some advocates are doctors. Some doctors are players. All players are engineers.

Conclusions:

  1. Some players are doctors.
  2. Some engineers are advocates.
  3. All advocates are engineers.
  4. Some engineers are doctors.

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