Unit 2: Syllogism, Time Sequence and Ranking - Practice Quiz

1 In a logical Venn diagram, which shape is commonly used to represent a group or category?

2 If all roses are flowers, which set should be placed inside the other in a Venn diagram?

3 Which Venn diagram relationship represents two groups having no common members?

4 If some students are athletes, what should the Venn diagram show?

5 What does a possibility-based conclusion indicate?

6 Statements: All pens are blue. Some blue objects are boxes. Which conclusion is possible?

7 If all doctors are educated, which statement is possible?

8 Statements: Some books are novels. All novels are stories. What is possible?

9 Statements: All cats are animals. All animals need food. How many groups are linked in this chain?

10 If 5 students are standing in a line, how many students are at the two ends?

11 Statements: Some pens are red. Some red objects are bags. What is the minimum number of groups mentioned?

12 If every member of Group A belongs to Group B, which group is larger or equal in size?

13 Ravi is taller than Amit, and Amit is taller than Sohan. Who is the shortest?

14 In a class of 10 students, Maya ranks third from the top. What is her rank from the bottom?

15 If Neha is older than Priya but younger than Kavita, who is the oldest?

16 A student is ranked fifth from the top and sixth from the bottom. How many students are in the group?

17 Which day comes immediately after Monday?

18 Which month comes immediately before April?

19 If an examination is held on Friday, which day is two days later?

20 Arrange these events in the usual order: wake up, have breakfast, go to school.

21 Statements: All poets are writers. Some writers are teachers. Which conclusion follows with certainty?

22 Statements: No doctors are musicians. All surgeons are doctors. Some surgeons are researchers. Which conclusion follows?

23 Statements: Some engineers are artists. All artists are readers. No readers are careless. Which conclusion is valid?

24 Statements: All X are Y. No Y is Z. Which statement is impossible?

25 Statements: All cats are mammals. Some mammals are pets. Which conclusion is possible?

26 Statements: All pilots are trained. Some trained people are athletes. Which conclusion is possible?

27 Statements: No roses are blue. Some flowers are roses. Which conclusion is possible?

28 Statements: All dancers are fit. No fit person is inactive. Which conclusion is possible?

29 In a group of 60 students, 35 study Mathematics, 28 study Science, and 15 study both subjects. How many study neither subject?

30 In a class of 50 students, 30 like tea and 25 like coffee. What is the maximum possible number of students who like neither tea nor coffee?

31 In a survey of 80 people, 45 use service A, 38 use service B, and 20 use both. How many use exactly one of the two services?

32 Among 100 applicants, 60 passed Test A, 50 passed Test B, and 30 passed both. How many passed at least one test?

33 Riya ranks 14th from the top and 18th from the bottom in a class. How many students are in the class?

34 In a class of 40 students, P is 13th from the top and Q is 17th from the bottom. How many students are between P and Q?

35 In a row of 26 people, R is 8th from the left and S is 15th from the right. How many people stand between R and S?

36 Anita is 9th from the top and 16th from the bottom in a ranking list. How many people are ranked above her and below her together?

37 A seminar is held on a day after Tuesday but before Friday. It is not on Thursday. On which day is it held?

38 Four exams are scheduled from Monday to Thursday, one each day. Mathematics is before English, Science is after English, and History is on Thursday. Which subject is scheduled on Monday?

39 Five tasks P, Q, R, S, and T are completed one at a time. P is before R, Q is after S, and T is before P. Which task could be completed third?

40 A competition has five rounds: P, Q, R, S, and T. P is held before Q, R is held immediately after S, and T is held after Q. Which round must be held first?

41 Consider the statements: All poets are dreamers. Some dreamers are scientists. No scientist is a pessimist. Which conclusions necessarily follow?

42 All architects are designers. Some architects are historians. All historians are researchers. No researcher is careless. Which conclusion necessarily follows?

43 All analysts are mathematicians. No mathematician is an athlete. Some athletes are musicians. Some analysts are researchers. Which conclusion is definitely true?

44 No engineers are poets. Some poets are writers. All writers are editors. Some engineers are editors. Which conclusion necessarily follows?

45 All coders are analysts. No analyst is impulsive. Some coders are mentors. Which of the following is impossible?

46 All medals are awards. All medals are metallic. Some awards are certificates. No certificate is metallic. Which arrangement is possible?

47 Some researchers are musicians. All musicians are readers. No reader is careless. Which statement can be true without contradicting the premises?

48 All pilots are trained. Some trained people are supervisors. No supervisor is inexperienced. Which statement is possible but not forced by the premises?

49 Statements: All A are B. Some B are C. No C is D. Some A are D. How many of the following conclusions necessarily follow? I. Some A are B. II. Some B are not C. III. Some C are not A. IV. No A is C.

50 Statements: No P is Q. Some P are R. All R are S. Some Q are S. How many conclusions follow? I. Some S are not Q. II. Some S are not P. III. Some R are Q. IV. No S is Q.

51 Statements: All L are M. No M is N. Some N are O. Some L are P. How many conclusions necessarily follow? I. Some L are not N. II. Some P are M. III. Some N are not M. IV. Some O are not L.

52 Statements: Some A are B. All B are C. No C is D. Some D are E. How many conclusions necessarily follow? I. Some A are C. II. Some A are not D. III. Some D are not B. IV. Some E are not C.

53 In a class of students, Anika ranks th from the top and Bhavesh ranks th from the bottom. Chitra ranks exactly midway between them. Dev is positions below Chitra. What is Dev's rank from the bottom?

54 In a group of students, Chetan ranks th from the bottom. Aditi ranks places above Chetan, Bhavna ranks places below Aditi, and Deepak ranks places below Bhavna. What is Deepak's rank from the bottom?

55 In a queue of people, Jaya is th from the front. Kiran is places behind Jaya, Leena is places ahead of Kiran, Meera is places behind Leena, and Nisha is places ahead of Meera. What is Nisha's position from the front?

56 In a row, Rohan is th from the left and th from the right. Sonia is places to the right of Rohan, while Tanu is places to the left of Rohan. How many people are between Sonia and Tanu?

57 Six presentations occur in a single day in the order determined by these conditions: U occurs before P; P occurs before R; R occurs before T; Q occurs before S; T occurs before S. Which sequence is feasible?

58 Seven tasks are scheduled from Monday through Sunday, one task per day. Training occurs two days before Audit, Review occurs one day after Audit, Review occurs before Friday's Launch, and Planning occurs immediately before Training. On which day is Planning scheduled?

59 Six milestones occur on distinct dates in a month. Riya's milestone is on the th. K is days after Riya, N is days after K, P is days after N, Q is days after P, and S is day after Q. On which date does P occur?

60 Five examinations are held from Monday to Friday, one each day. Mathematics is before Physics, Physics is immediately before Chemistry, Biology is after Chemistry, and English is before Mathematics. Which examination must be held on Wednesday?