Reasoning Ability - MCQ Practice Questions

From 'All cats are animals' and 'Some animals are pets', we can only conclude that it's possible some cats are pets, but not definite.

Since no flower is a fruit, and all fruits are sweet, flowers cannot be sweet through this relation.

By transitive property: All doctors are professionals, and all professionals are educated, therefore all doctors are educated.

Some books are novels, and all novels are stories, therefore some books must be stories by logical deduction.

Since all trees are plants and no animal is a plant, logically no animal can be a tree.

From two 'some' statements, we cannot draw a definite conclusion about the relationship between singers and actors.

Although all gold is precious, only some precious things are expensive, so we cannot definitively conclude gold is expensive.

Since no criminal is honest, it means all criminals must be dishonest (contrapositive of the first statement).

Since some decision makers are not politicians, and all leaders are decision makers, some leaders must not be politicians.

While no student is lazy, and lazy people are unsuccessful, this doesn't tell us about unsuccessful students who might be lazy or for other reasons.

Since all engineers are technical, it means at least some technical people must be engineers.

Since no metal is a liquid at room temperature, the statement 'Some liquids are metals' is definitely false.

Since all A are B, all B are C, and some C are not D, it follows that some A are not D (as some of C are not D).

Although some intelligent people are not ambitious, this doesn't mean they are not successful through other means.

Since all X are Y and no Y is Z, by logical deduction, no X can be Z.

While some knowledgeable people are not wise, we cannot determine if the non-wise ones include teachers or not.

Since no vegetarian is a meat-eater and all carnivores are meat-eaters, it follows that no vegetarian is a carnivore.

While some problem solvers are not creative, some software engineers might still be creative - this is possible but not definite.

While all fruits are nutritious, only some nutritious foods are expensive, so we cannot determine which fruits are expensive and therefore unavailable.

From the given statements, we cannot establish a definite relationship between cricketers and disciplined individuals. The second statement only tells us some athletes are disciplined, but doesn't specify if those athletes include cricketers.