Syllogism

Deductive validity from premises using Venn-diagram method.

What's covered

This topic carries 21 questions in our bank, drawn from the SSC CGL syllabus and previous-year papers. Every question has a worked-out explanation.

Q1

Statements: All cats are mammals. All mammals are animals. Conclusion?
Q2 • SSC CGL 2022

Read the given statements and conclusions carefully. Assuming that the information given in the statements is true, even if it appears to be at variance with commonly known facts, decide which of the given conclusions logically follow(s) from the statements. Statements: All flowers are beautiful. Vaidehi is beautiful. Conclusions: I. Vaidehi is a flower. II. Some beautiful are flowers.
Q3 • SSC CGL 2023

Three statements are given, followed 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 desks are trays. Some trays are plates. Some plates are desks. Conclusions: I. All desks are plates. II. All plates are desks. III. Some plates are trays. IV. All trays are desks.

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