Target SBI PO Mains – Day 6 – Reasoning

D.1-2) In each question below are given some statements followed by conclusions. You have to take the given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance with commonly known facts. Find the conclusion which does not follow logically. If all the conclusions logically follow then your answer is none of these.

1. Statement:

All Pakistan are India.

No India is China. All china is Russia.

Some Pakistan is Asia.

Conclusion:

(a) All China being Asia is a possibility.

(b) All India being Russia is a possibility.

(c) No Russia is Pakistan is a possibility.

(d) All Asia being China is a possibility.

(e) None of these.

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(d) All Asia being China is a possibility.

I. True

II. True

III. True

IV. False

V. None of these

2. Statement: Some PMs are CMs.

All MLAs are CMs. No MPs are MLAs.

Some PMs are MPs.

Conclusion:

(a) All CMs are PM is a possibility

(b) Some MLAs are PM is a possibility.

(c) Some MPs are not PM is a possibility.

(d) No CM is PM is a possibility.

(e) None of these.

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(d) No CM is PM is a possibility.

I. True

II. True

III. True

IV. False

V. None of these

D.3-5) In each question below are given some statements followed by some conclusions. 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.

3. Statements:

All Silvers are Gold.

Some Silvers are Coppers.

All Coppers are Platinum.

All Platinums are Zinc.

Conclusion:

I. Some Platinums are Silver.

II. Some Gold are not being Platinum is a possibility.

III. All Zincs are Copper.

(a) Only I follow

(b) Only I and II follow

(c) Only III follows

(d) Only I and III follow

(e) None of these

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(b) Only I and II follow

I. True

II. True

III. False

4. Statements:

No football is baseball.

Some baseballs are basketball.

All footballs are volleyball.

Some basketballs are football.

Conclusion:

I. Some baseballs are volleyball.

II. Some volleyballs are basketball.

III. No baseball is volleyball.

IV. All basketballs are football.

(a) Only I follow

(b) Only I and II follow

(c) Only II follow

(d) Only II and III follow

(e) None of these

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(e) None of these

I. False

II. True

III. False

IV. False

Either I or III and II follows

5. Statements:

Some Samsungs are Nokia.

No Sony is Lenovo. All Nokia are Microsoft. Some Blackberries are Sony.

All Samsungs are Lenovo.

Conclusion:

I. Some Samsungs are not Nokia.

II. All Microsoft being Sony is a possibility.

III. No Sony is Microsoft.

IV. Some Sony being Samsung is a possibility.

(a) None follows

(b) Only II follows

(c) Only III follows

(d) Only I and II follow

(e) None of these

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(a) None follows

I. False

II. False

III. False

D.6-7) In each question below are given some conclusions followed by statements. You have to take the given conclusions to be true even if they seem to be at variance with commonly known facts. Read all the statements and then decide which of the given statements logically follow from the given conclusions.

6. Conclusion: Some countries are state. All districts are country.

Some cities are state.

Statements:

(a) Some districts are state. No country is district. All cities are state.

(b) No state is district. All cities are country. Some districts are city.

(c) All cities are state. Some countries are district. All districts are state.

(d) Some cities are state. All districts are state. All states are country.

(e) None of these.

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(d) Some cities are state. All districts are state. All states are country.

I. True

II. True

III. True

7. Conclusion:

All doctors being writer is a possibility.

All professors being teacher is a possibility. All writers being professor is a possibility.

Statements:

(a) All professors are teacher. No writer is professor. Some doctors are teacher.

(b) Some doctors are writer. No professor is writer. All teachers are professor.

(c) All teachers are professor. Some writers are professor. No doctor is teacher.

(d) No doctor is teacher. All writers are teacher. No professor is writer.

(e) None of these.

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c)

I. True

II. True

III. True

D.8-10) In each question given below there are some statements followed by conclusions. You have to take the given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance with commonly known facts. Find the conclusion which logically follows. If all the conclusions do not follows logically. Then your answer is none of these.

8. Statements: Some oceans are sea.

All rivers are ocean. No lake is sea.

All canals are lake.

Conclusion:

(a) Some rivers are sea.

(b) All canals are ocean.

(c) All seas are ocean.

(d) Some lakes are canal.

(e) None of these.

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. (d)

I. False

II. False

III. False

IIV. True

V. None of these

9. Statements: All chemicals are civil. Some computers are electrical.

No electronic is electrical.

Some electrical are chemical.

Conclusion:

(a) All chemicals being electronics is a possibility.

(b) Some computers being civil is a possibility.

(c) All computers being electronics is a possibility.

(d) Some electronics being electrical is a possibility.

(e) None of these.

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(b) All canals are ocean.

I. False

II. True

III. False

IV. False

V. None of these

10. Statements:

Some bikes are car.

All cars are bus. No bus is train.

Some trains are bike.

Conclusion:

(a) All cars being train is a possibility.

(b) All bus being train is a possibility.

(c) Some cars not being bike is a possibility.

(d) All bikes being train is a possibility.

(e) None of these.

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(c) Some cars not being bike is a possibility.

I. False

II. False

III. True

IV. False

V. None of these