Syllogisms is an important topic in the Logical Reasoning section in NMAT exam. Practising this topic will increase your score overall and make your conceptual grip on NMAT exam stronger.
This article gives you a full set of NMAT Syllogisms MCQs with explanations and NMAT previous year questions (PYQs) for effective practice. Practice of Logical Reasoning MCQs including Syllogisms questions regularly will improve accuracy, speed, and confidence in the NMAT 2025 exam.
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NMAT Syllogisms MCQs with Solutions
1.
Directions: In the question two statements are given which are followed by four conclusions (1), (2), (3) and (4). Choose the conclusions which logically follow from the given statements.
Statements: All pens are instruments. Some green things are instruments.
Conclusions:
(1) All pens are green.
(2) All green things are pens.
(3) Some instruments are green.
(4) All instruments are pens.- Only (4)
- Only (3)
- Only (2)
- Only (1)
- Only (1) & (3)
2.
Statement 1: All engineers are good at problem-solving.
Statement 2: Some problem-solvers are good at coding.
Conclusion: Some engineers are good at coding.
Which of the following is correct?
- Conclusion is true.
- Conclusion is false.
- Conclusion cannot be determined.
- Both the statements are unrelated.
3.
All German Philosophers, except for Marx, are idealists. From which of the following can the statement, above be most properly inferred?- If a German is an idealist, then he or she is a philosopher, as long as he or she is not Marx.
- Marx is the only non-German philosopher who is an idealist.
- Except for Marx, if someone is an idealist philosopher, then he or she is German.
- Aside from the philosopher Marx, if someone is a German philosopher, then he or she is an idealist.
4.
In the question, two statements are followed by two inferences. Mark your answer as:-
All boats are ships. Some ships are jinxed vessels
I. Some boats could be jinxed vessels
II. Some jinxed vessels could be ships but not boats- Only inference I follows
- Only inference II follows
- Both of them follow
- Neither of them follows
5.
In the question, two statements are followed by two inferences. Mark your answer as:-
All Peter are Piper. Some Pickle are Piper
I. Some Peter are Pickle
II. Some Pickle are Peter- Only inference I follows
- Only inference II follows
- Both of them follow
- Neither of them follows
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