Mock Paper for SBI PO, Clerk, SO and IBPS Examinations : Reasoning (Syllogism)

Directions: In each question below, there are two or three statements followed by four conclusions numbered I, II, III and IV. You have to take the given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance with commonly known facts and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follow(s) from the given statements. Statements: Some boys are girls. All girls are students. Conclusions: I. Some boys are students. II. Some students are boys. III. Some students are girls. IV. All students are girls.

2. Statements: All books are watches. Some watches are clips. Conclusions: I. Some watches are books. II. No watches are books. III. Some books are clips. IV. No books are clips.

3. Statements: Some chairs are tables. Some tables are desks. Conclusions: I. Some chairs are desks. II. No chairs are desks. III. Only desks are chairs. IV. Only chairs are desks.

Statements: Some reds are blues. No greens are blues. Conclusions : I. Some reds are not greens. II. All reds are greens. III. Some greens are not reds. IV. All greens are reds.

Statements : No systems are decks. All decks are books. Conclusions: I. Some systems are books. II. Some systems are not books. III. Some books are systems. IV. Some books are not systems.

Statements : All birds are animals. Many birds are stones. Conclusions : I. Some birds are animals. II. Some animals are stones. III. All animals are stones. IV. Some animals are not stones.

Statements : Some teachers are students. Some students are boys. Conclusions: I. All boys are students. II. All boys are teachers. III. Some teachers are boys. IV. No teachers are boys.

8. Statements: Some girls are teens. No teens are snakes. Conclusions : I. Some teens are girls. II. Some snakes are no girls. III. Some girls are not snakes. IV. All snakes are girls.

9. Statements : No blankets are pillows. Some beds are blankets. Conclusions : I. Some blankets are not pillows. II. Some pillows are not beds. III. Some beds are not pillows. IV. All beds are pillows.

10. Statements: All classes are glasses. All brasses are glasses. Conclusions : I. Some classes are brasses. II. Some brasses are glasses. III. Some brasses are classes. IV. Some classes are glasses.