Standard Form Syllogisms

Test the following arguments for validity by Venn Diagrams and Syllogistic Fallacies.
1- All individuals who cherish living are well adjusted people.

All perfect persons are individuals who cherish living. -----------------------------------------------------------Some perfect persons are well adjusted people.

2- Some worriers are folks who live well.

Some passive individuals are not worriers. -----------------------------------------Some passive individuals are folks who live well.

3- All people cherishing living are persons living excellent lives.

All folks who live well are people cherishing living. --------------------------------------------------------All folks who live well are persons living excellent lives.

4- All responsive individuals are considerate persons.

All persons who act before they think are responsive individuals. ----------------------------------------------------------------All persons who act before they think are considerate persons.

5- All persons who seek fulfillment are persons who take risks.

No shy persons are persons who seek fulfillment. ----------------------------------------------------------No shy persons are person who take risks.

6- All persons living excellent lives are persons cherishing living.

All folks who live well are persons who cherishing living. -----------------------------------------------------------------All folks who live well are persons living excellent lives

Syllogism Statement- Conclusion Type Question

In each of the following questions two statements are given and these statements are followed by two conclusions numbered (1) and (2). You have to take the given two statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts. Read the conclusions and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the two given statements, disregarding commonly known facts.
7- Statements: Some ants are parrots. All the parrots are apples. Conclusions: 1. 2. All the apples are parrots. Some ants are apples.

A. B. C. D. E.

Only (1) conclusion follows Only (2) conclusion follows

Either (1) or (2) follows Neither (1) nor (2) follows Both (1) and (2) follow

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Statements: Some papers are pens. All the pencils are pens. Conclusions: 1. 2. A. B. C. D. E. Some pens are pencils. Some pens are papers. Only (1) conclusion follows Only (2) conclusion follows Either (1) or (2) follows Neither (1) nor (2) follows Both (1) and (2) follow

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Statements: All the actors are girls. All the girls are beautiful. Conclusions: 1. 2. A. B. C. D. E. All the actors are beautiful. Some girls are actors. Only (1) conclusion follows Only (2) conclusion follows Either (1) or (2) follows Neither (1) nor (2) follows Both (1) and (2) follow

10. Statements: All the flowers are leaves. Some leaves are birds. Conclusions: 1. 2. A. B. C. D. E. Some birds are flowers. Some leaves are flowers. Only (1) conclusion follows Only (2) conclusion follows

Either (1) or (2) follows Neither (1) nor (2) follows Both (1) and (2) follow

11. Statements: Some poets are poems. No poem is song. Conclusions: 1. 2. A. B. C. D. E. Some poems are not songs. Some songs are poems. Only (1) conclusion follows Only (2) conclusion follows Either (1) or (2) follows Neither (1) nor (2) follows

Both (1) and (2) follow

12. Statements: All the windows are doors. No door is a wall. Conclusions: 1. 2. A. Some windows are walls. No wall is a door. Only (1) conclusion follows

B. C. D. E.

Only (2) conclusion follows

Either (1) or (2) follows Neither (1) nor (2) follows Both (1) and (2) follow

13. Statements: All cups are books. All books are shirts. Conclusions: 1. 2. A. B. C. D. E. Some cups are not shirts. Some shirts are cups. Only (1) conclusion follows Only (2) conclusion follows

Either (1) or (2) follows Neither (1) nor (2) follows Both (1) and (2) follow

14. Statements: Some cows are crows. Some crows are elephants. Conclusions: 1. 2. A. B. C. D. E. Some cows are elephants. All crows are elephants. Only (1) conclusion follows Only (2) conclusion follows Either (1) or (2) follows Neither (1) nor (2) follows

Both (1) and (2) follow

15. Statements: All the pencils are pens. All the pens are inks. Conclusions: 1. 2. A. B. C. D. E. All the pencils are inks. Some inks are pencils. Only (1) conclusion follows Only (2) conclusion follows Either (1) or (2) follows Neither (1) nor (2) follows Both (1) and (2) follow