NUMS — Medical & Dental Entry Test
Take the NUMS Logical Reasoning — Deductive Reasoning and Syllogisms (Set 7): 30 multiple-choice questions (40 minutes) with instant scoring and a full…
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The first 5 questions of this test, with the correct answer and explanation.
Q1. Statements: All gondolas are abacuses. All abacuses are spindles. Some spindles are hammocks. Conclusions: I. No gondolas are abacuses. II. Some spindles are not abacuses. (Assume every group named is non-empty.) Which option is correct?
Answer: D. Neither conclusion follows
Explanation: Checking every arrangement consistent with the statements: Conclusion I fails in at least one allowed arrangement (for example, if the only kinds of members present are those in gondolas, abacuses, spindles; those in spindles, hammocks). Conclusion II fails in at least one allowed arrangement (for example, if the only kinds of members present are those in gondolas, abacuses, spindles; those in abacuses, spindles, hammocks).
Q2. Statements: No sextants are beacons. All beacons are lozenges. No lozenges are cairns. Conclusions: I. Some sextants are not beacons. II. Some lozenges are beacons. (Assume every group named is non-empty.) Which option is correct?
Answer: A. Both conclusions I and II follow
Explanation: Checking every arrangement consistent with the statements: Conclusion I holds in every arrangement allowed by the statements. Conclusion II holds in every arrangement allowed by the statements.
Q3. Statements: Some trowels are lozenges. All lozenges are saddles. Conclusions: I. All trowels are lozenges. II. All saddles are trowels. (Assume every group named is non-empty.) Which option is correct?
Answer: B. Neither conclusion follows
Explanation: Checking every arrangement consistent with the statements: Conclusion I fails in at least one allowed arrangement (for example, if the only kinds of members present are those in trowels; those in trowels, lozenges, saddles). Conclusion II fails in at least one allowed arrangement (for example, if the only kinds of members present are those in saddles; those in trowels, lozenges, saddles).
Q4. Statements: No spires are satchels. Some satchels are pergolas. All pergolas are casks. Conclusions: I. Some pergolas are not satchels. II. Some spires are satchels. (Assume every group named is non-empty.) Which option is correct?
Answer: B. Neither conclusion follows
Explanation: Checking every arrangement consistent with the statements: Conclusion I fails in at least one allowed arrangement (for example, if the only kinds of members present are those in spires; those in satchels, pergolas, casks). Conclusion II fails in at least one allowed arrangement (for example, if the only kinds of members present are those in spires; those in satchels, pergolas, casks).
Q5. Statements: Some kettles are pylons. All pylons are cutlasses. All cutlasses are domes. Conclusions: I. No domes are kettles. II. Some cutlasses are not pylons. (Assume every group named is non-empty.) Which option is correct?
Answer: C. Neither conclusion follows
Explanation: Checking every arrangement consistent with the statements: Conclusion I fails in at least one allowed arrangement (for example, if the only kinds of members present are those in kettles, pylons, cutlasses, domes). Conclusion II fails in at least one allowed arrangement (for example, if the only kinds of members present are those in kettles, pylons, cutlasses, domes).
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Q6. Statements: Some trowels are not ladles. All ladles are casks. Conclusions: I. Some ladles are casks. II. No ladles are trowels. (Assume every group named is non-empty.) Which option is correct?
Q7. Statements: All ladles are cutlasses. Some spires are cutlasses. Conclusions: I. All cutlasses are spires. II. No ladles are spires. (Assume every group named is non-empty.) Which option is correct?
Q8. Statements: Some satchels are not goblets. No satchels are bellows. Conclusions: I. Some goblets are satchels. II. Some goblets are bellows. (Assume every group named is non-empty.) Which option is correct?
Q9. Statements: No ladles are reeds. No reeds are spires. Conclusions: I. Some ladles are spires. II. All reeds are ladles. (Assume every group named is non-empty.) Which option is correct?
Q10. Statements: Some cairns are sluices. All cairns are domes. Conclusions: I. Some domes are cairns. II. Some sluices are not domes. (Assume every group named is non-empty.) Which option is correct?
Q11. Statements: No pergolas are reeds. Some lozenges are reeds. Conclusions: I. Some reeds are not lozenges. II. All pergolas are reeds. (Assume every group named is non-empty.) Which option is correct?
Q12. Statements: All abacuses are lozenges. All lozenges are tankards. Conclusions: I. Some abacuses are not lozenges. II. No lozenges are tankards. (Assume every group named is non-empty.) Which option is correct?
Q13. Statements: All spindles are ladles. All spindles are beacons. Conclusions: I. Some ladles are spindles. II. Some beacons are not spindles. (Assume every group named is non-empty.) Which option is correct?
Q14. Statements: Some spindles are not hammocks. No lanterns are spindles. Conclusions: I. No lanterns are hammocks. II. Some spindles are not lanterns. (Assume every group named is non-empty.) Which option is correct?
Q15. Statements: All satchels are ramps. All ramps are sextants. All sextants are harpoons. Conclusions: I. Some ramps are satchels. II. Some sextants are satchels. (Assume every group named is non-empty.) Which option is correct?
Q16. Statements: All satchels are lanterns. All lanterns are ewers. Some ewers are tripods. Conclusions: I. No satchels are tripods. II. Some lanterns are satchels. (Assume every group named is non-empty.) Which option is correct?
Q17. Statements: No anchors are lozenges. No anchors are buoys. Conclusions: I. All lozenges are anchors. II. Some anchors are not buoys. (Assume every group named is non-empty.) Which option is correct?
Q18. Statements: Some cauldrons are not trowels. No pulleys are trowels. Conclusions: I. Some trowels are not pulleys. II. All cauldrons are pulleys. (Assume every group named is non-empty.) Which option is correct?
Q19. Statements: Some mosaics are not anchors. All mosaics are spires. Conclusions: I. Some mosaics are anchors. II. Some mosaics are spires. (Assume every group named is non-empty.) Which option is correct?
Q20. Statements: Some satchels are not buoys. No satchels are bellows. Conclusions: I. Some satchels are not bellows. II. All satchels are buoys. (Assume every group named is non-empty.) Which option is correct?
Q21. Statements: All sluices are spindles. Some spindles are not pergolas. Some pergolas are not sandals. Conclusions: I. All spindles are pergolas. II. Some sluices are spindles. (Assume every group named is non-empty.) Which option is correct?
Q22. Statements: All casks are ferrules. No casks are ladles. Conclusions: I. Some casks are ferrules. II. Some ladles are casks. (Assume every group named is non-empty.) Which option is correct?
Q23. Statements: No gondolas are beacons. Some domes are not beacons. Conclusions: I. Some gondolas are not beacons. II. Some domes are not gondolas. (Assume every group named is non-empty.) Which option is correct?
Q24. Statements: All gondolas are mosaics. All mosaics are harpoons. Conclusions: I. Some gondolas are harpoons. II. Some harpoons are mosaics. (Assume every group named is non-empty.) Which option is correct?
Q25. Statements: Some ramps are satchels. All satchels are buoys. No buoys are gauntlets. Conclusions: I. Some buoys are not gauntlets. II. No ramps are gauntlets. (Assume every group named is non-empty.) Which option is correct?
Q26. Statements: No cutlasses are spindles. Some spindles are sandals. Conclusions: I. All cutlasses are sandals. II. Some spindles are not cutlasses. (Assume every group named is non-empty.) Which option is correct?
Q27. Statements: No ladles are harpoons. Some harpoons are not sandals. All sandals are cairns. Conclusions: I. Some cairns are sandals. II. All sandals are ladles. (Assume every group named is non-empty.) Which option is correct?
Q28. Statements: No cairns are mosaics. All trowels are cairns. Conclusions: I. No cairns are trowels. II. Some trowels are not mosaics. (Assume every group named is non-empty.) Which option is correct?
Q29. Statements: All turbines are cutlasses. No tripods are cutlasses. Conclusions: I. No turbines are tripods. II. Some tripods are not cutlasses. (Assume every group named is non-empty.) Which option is correct?
Q30. Statements: Some beacons are spindles. All cutlasses are beacons. Conclusions: I. No beacons are spindles. II. Some beacons are cutlasses. (Assume every group named is non-empty.) Which option is correct?