Reasoning For SBI/IBPS/UIIC 2016

Directions (Q.1-5): In each question three are three statements followed by two conclusions numbered I and II. You have to take the three 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 follows from the given statements disregarding commonly known facts. 


 1. Statements: 
All railways are trains 
No train is a station. 
Some stations are platforms. 
Conclusions: 
I. All railways being platforms is a possibility.
II.No railways is a station

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2. Statements:
All erasers are sharpeners. 
All sharpeners are pencils. 
Some pencils are pens. 
Conclusions: 
I. No eraser is a pen. 
II.All pencils are sharpeners.

Solution:

3. Statements: 
All winters are summers.
Some summers are springs. 
No spring is an autumn. 
Conclusions: 
I. At least some winters are springs. 
II.Some autumns being summers is a possibility.

Solution:

4. Statements: 
All erasers are sharpeners. 
All sharpeners are pencils. 
Some pencils are pens. 
Conclusions:
I. At least some sharpeners are pens. 
II.No sharpener is a pen.

Solution:

5. Statements 
All winters are summers. 
Some summers are springs. 
No spring is an autumn. 
Conclusions: 
I. All summers can never be autumns. 
II.At least some summers are winters.

Solution:

Directions (Q.6-10): In this question are given four statements followed by five conclusions, one of which definitely does not logically follow (or is not a possibility of occurrence) from the given statements. That conclusion is your answer.
(Note: You have to take the three 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 does not follow from the given statements disregarding commonly known facts.)


6. Statements: 
No toy is a doll. 
All guns are toys. 
All houses are dolls. 
All dolls are baskets. 
Conclusions:

Solution:

7. Statements:
Some logics are reasons. 
All reasons are arguments. 
All arguments are fights. 
No fight is a discussion. 
Conclusions:

Solution:

8. Statements: 
All references are mails. 
All mentions are references. 
All comments are mentions. 
No mail is a declaration. 
Conclusions:

Solution:

9. Statements: 
Some moments are flashes. 
All moments are seconds. 
All flashes are instances. 
No instance is an hour. 
Conclusions:

Solution:

10. Statements: 
All circles are spheres. 
All spheres are rectangles. 
No rectangle is a pyramid. 
No pyramid is a triangle. 
Conclusions:

Solution: