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Q.101 Medium Syllogism
All doctors are educated. Some educated people are rich. No rich person is unhappy. What can be concluded?
A All doctors are rich
B All doctors are unhappy
C Some doctors may be happy
D No doctor is happy
Correct Answer:  C. Some doctors may be happy
Explanation:

We know some educated people are rich and no rich person is unhappy. Since some doctors are educated (subset), some doctors could be among those rich people, making them not unhappy.

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Q.102 Medium Syllogism
All flowers are plants. All plants require sunlight. Some things requiring sunlight are expensive. Which is possibly true?
A All flowers are expensive
B Some flowers may be expensive
C No flower is expensive
D All expensive things are flowers
Correct Answer:  B. Some flowers may be expensive
Explanation:

All flowers are plants, all plants require sunlight. Since some things requiring sunlight are expensive, it's possible that some flowers (being things requiring sunlight) are expensive.

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Q.103 Medium Syllogism
All innovations are risky. Some risky ventures fail. Can we conclude that some innovations fail?
A Yes, definitely
B No, we cannot
C Only if stated explicitly
D Partially true
Correct Answer:  B. No, we cannot
Explanation:

All innovations are risky, but we only know some risky ventures fail. We cannot establish that the innovations which are risky are necessarily among those risky ventures that fail.

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Q.104 Medium Syllogism
All programmers are logical thinkers. No illogical person is successful. Which conclusion is valid?
A All programmers are successful
B Some programmers are successful
C All programmers may be successful
D No programmer is unsuccessful
Correct Answer:  C. All programmers may be successful
Explanation:

All programmers are logical thinkers. Since no illogical person is successful, programmers (being logical) are not excluded from being successful. They may be successful.

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Q.105 Medium Syllogism
No mythical creature is real. All dragons are mythical creatures. Phoenix is a mythical creature. What about Phoenix?
A Phoenix is real
B Phoenix is not real
C Phoenix may or may not be real
D Phoenix is partially real
Correct Answer:  B. Phoenix is not real
Explanation:

Phoenix is a mythical creature, and no mythical creature is real. Therefore, Phoenix is not real.

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Q.106 Medium Syllogism
All mathematicians are analytical. Some analytical people lack creativity. All creative people are successful. Which statement might be true?
A All mathematicians are creative
B All mathematicians are successful
C Some mathematicians may lack creativity
D No mathematician is successful
Correct Answer:  C. Some mathematicians may lack creativity
Explanation:

All mathematicians are analytical. Some analytical people lack creativity. Therefore, some mathematicians (being analytical) may lack creativity.

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Q.107 Medium Syllogism
All athletes are disciplined. Some disciplined people are not wealthy. Conclusion?
A All athletes are not wealthy
B Some athletes may not be wealthy
C No athlete is wealthy
D All wealthy people are athletes
Correct Answer:  B. Some athletes may not be wealthy
Explanation:

All athletes are disciplined. Some disciplined people are not wealthy. This means some athletes (being disciplined) could be among those not wealthy. So some athletes may not be wealthy.

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Q.108 Medium Syllogism
All employees in company X are trained. Some trained people are not productive. What about employees of company X?
A All are productive
B Some may not be productive
C None are productive
D All are unproductive
Correct Answer:  B. Some may not be productive
Explanation:

All employees are trained. Some trained people are not productive. Therefore, some employees (being trained) may be among those not productive, so some may not be productive.

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Q.109 Medium Syllogism
All programmers are tech-savvy. Some tech-savvy people are introverts. Conclusions: I. Some programmers are introverts. II. All introverts are programmers. Which conclusion(s) follow?
A Only I follows
B Only II follows
C Both I and II follow
D Neither I nor II follows
Correct Answer:  D. Neither I nor II follows
Explanation:

From 'All programmers are tech-savvy' and 'Some tech-savvy people are introverts', we cannot deduce that some programmers are introverts (they could be different tech-savvy people). II is clearly false as introverts are not necessarily programmers.

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Q.110 Medium Syllogism
In a row of 8 people, A is 3rd from the left. B is 2 positions to the right of A. C is at one end. How many people are between B and C?
A 2
B 3
C 4
D 5
Correct Answer:  B. 3
Explanation:

A is 3rd from left. B is 2 positions right of A, so B is at 5th position. C is at one end (either 1st or 8th). If C is 1st, people between = 3 (positions 2,3,4). If C is 8th, people between = 2 (positions 6,7). Most likely C at 1st = 3 people between.

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