Syllogism ( CPO 2023 Tier – 1 )

Total Questions: 17

1. All plants are vegetables. Some plants are poisonous. [SSC CPO 03/10/2023 (1st Shift)]

 

Conclusions:

I. All vegetables are poisonous.

II. Some vegetables are plants.

Correct Answer: (b) Only conclusion II follows
Solution:

Only conclusion II follows.

2. All flowers are trees. All leaves are flowers. [SSC CPO 03/10/2023 (1st Shift)]

Conclusion:

I) All trees are flowers.

II) All leaves are trees.

Correct Answer: (c) Only Conclusion II follows.
Solution:

Only conclusion-II follows.

3. Some cakes are biscuits. Some biscuits are chocolates. [SSC CPO 03/10/2023 (2nd Shift)]

Conclusions:

I. Some biscuits are cakes.

II. Some cakes are chocolates.

 

Correct Answer: (d) Only conclusion I follows
Solution:

From the above diagram, only conclusion (I) follow i.e. , some biscuits are cakes.

4. All valleys are mountains. No sea is a mountain. Some plains are seas. [SSC CPO 03/10/2023 (2nd Shift)]

Conclusions:

I. Some valleys are plains.

II. No plain is a mountain.

III. No sea is a valley.

 

Correct Answer: (a) Only conclusion III follows.
Solution:

only conclusion III follows.

5. I. No dean is a teacher. II. All teachers are professors. III. No professor is a lecturer. [SSC CPO 03/10/2023 (3rd Shift)]

Conclusions:

1. Some deans are lecturers.

II. Some teachers are lecturers.

 

Correct Answer: (b) Neither conclusion I nor II follows
Solution:

Neither conclusion I nor II follows.

6. All cupboards are shelves. All shelves are drawers. [SSC CPO 03/10/2023 (3rd Shift)]

Conclusions:

I. All cupboards are drawers.

II. All drawers are shelves.

 

Correct Answer: (d) Only conclusion I follows
Solution:

7. All dogs are cats. Some cats are not dolls. [SSC CPO 03/10/2023 (3rd Shift)]

Conclusions:

I. All dolls are cats.

II. Some cats are dogs.

 

Correct Answer: (b) Only conclusion II follows
Solution:

8. Some rats are mats. All mats are ants. [SSC CPO 04/10/2023 (1st Shift)]

Conclusions:

I. Some rats are ants.

II. Some ants are mats.

 

Correct Answer: (a) Both the conclusions follow
Solution:Only conclusion I follows.

9. Some apples are oranges. All oranges are fruits. [SSC CPO 04/10/2023 (2nd Shift)]

Conclusions:

I) All apples are fruits.

II) Some fruits are oranges.

Correct Answer: (b) Only Conclusion II follows.
Solution:

10. Some rivers are oceans. All oceans are beaches. [SSC CPO 04/10/2023 (2nd Shift)]

Conclusions:

I. Some rivers are beaches.

II. All oceans are rivers.

 

Correct Answer: (d) Only conclusion I follows
Solution: