SBI Clerk Mains- Coded Syllogism- Explained with Examples

Syllogism is considered one of the toughest topics of reasoning. However, if studied with the right concepts & practice, its questions are considered scoring by some aspirants. Talking about the upcoming exam which is SBI Clerk Mains, we may expect some new questions of new patterns. And in this respect, we are publishing the concept of Coded Syllogism. Going through the concept of Coded Syllogism and practising these questions will definitely make you more ready for surprises (if any) in SBI Clerk Mains exam. Have a look and try to think of other new pattern questions as well.

Concept of Coded Syllogism

We hope that you are already familiar with the concept of syllogism. Just insert the concept of coding in it, practice 20-30 questions and you will be good to go when it comes to solving the questions of this topic. We have also come up with 10 questions on Coded Syllogism. Try solving these questions. There are explanations as well which will definitely help you understand the concept basis which coded syllogism questions are answered. Have a look:

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Coded Syllogism Questions with Detailed Explanation

Directions (1 to 5): Answer the following question based on the information given below.

I. ‘All Among Strong Work’ is coded as ‘# % & !’.

II. ‘Few are Among Men’ is coded as ‘# = @ /’.

 III. ‘All Only No Men’ is coded as ‘& @ – $’

IV. ‘No More Few Work’ is coded as ‘$ ! = +’.

Common Solution:

First decode all the given words,

From statement I and II, ‘Among’ is coded as ‘#’.

From statement I and III, ‘All’ is coded as ‘&’.

From statement I and IV, ‘Work’ is coded as ‘!’.

From statement II and III, ‘Men’ is coded as ‘@’.

From statement II and IV, ‘Few’ is coded as ‘=’.

From statement III and IV, ‘No’ is coded as ‘$’.

From statement I alone, ‘Strong’ is coded as ‘%’.

From statement II alone, ‘are’ is coded as ‘/’.

From statement III alone, ‘Only’ is coded as ‘-’.

From statement IV alone, ‘More’ is coded as ‘+’.

The words and their respective codes are as follows:

1. In the question below there are three coded statements followed by three coded conclusions I, II and III. You have to take the three given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the three statements disregarding commonly known facts.

Statements:

– + / !, = + / @, & @ / %

Conclusions:

I. $ ! / %

II. = + / %

III. & @ / !

(1) Only conclusion I follows

(2) Only conclusion II follows

(3) Only conclusions I and II follow

(4) Only conclusions II and III follow

(5) Only conclusions I and III follow

Ans: c

Solution:

Given: – + / !, = + / @, & @ / %

On decoding the given statements, we get,

Only More are Work

Few More are Men

All Men are Strong

The following Venn diagram can be drawn from the given statements,

Conclusions:

I. $ ! / %: No Work are Strong. As only more are work, so, no work are strong. Thus, this conclusion follows.

II. = + / %: Few More are Strong. From the above Venn diagram, this conclusion follows.

III. & @ / !: All Men are Work. As only more are Work, so, this conclusion does not follow.

So, only conclusions I and II follow.

Hence, option c.

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2. Which of the following is coded as ‘$ @ !’ in the given language?

(1) Men All Few

(2) Only Men Work

(3) No Men Work

(4) Few Strong Men

(5) None of the above

Ans: c

Solution:

‘No Men Work’ is coded as ‘$ @ !’.

Hence, option c.

3. In the question below there are three coded statements followed by three coded conclusions I, II and III. You have to take the three given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the three statements disregarding commonly known facts.

Statements:

& + / #, $ + / %, & ! / +

Conclusions:

I. $ ! / %

II. $ # / %

III. & ! / #

(1) Only conclusion I follows

(2) Only conclusion II follows

(3) Only conclusions I and II follow

(4) Only conclusions II and III follow

(5) Only conclusions I and III follow

Ans: e

Solution:

Given:

& + / #, $ + / %, & ! / +

On decoding the given statements,

All More are Among

No More are Strong

All Work are More

The following Venn diagram can be drawn from the given statements,

Conclusions:

I. $ ! / %: No Work are Strong. From the above Venn diagram this conclusion follows.

II. $ # / %: No Among are Strong. From the above Venn diagram this conclusion does not follow.

III. & ! / #: All Work are Among. From the above Venn diagram this conclusion follows.

So, only conclusions I and III follow.

Hence, option e.

4. How is ‘Among All Work’ coded as in the given language?

(1) # & !

(2) $ + /

(3) @ = $

(4) # ! /

(5) None of the above

Ans: a

Solution:

‘Among All Work’ is coded as ‘# & !’ in the given language.

Hence, option a.

5. In the question below there are three coded statements followed by three coded conclusions I, II and III. You have to take the three given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the three statements disregarding commonly known facts.

Statements:

= + / # ,  = @ / + , $ @ / #

Conclusions:

I. & + / #

II. & # / @

III. & @ / +

(1) Only conclusion I follows

(2) Only conclusion II follows

(3) Only conclusions I and II follow

(4) Only conclusions II and III follow

(5) None of the above

Ans: e

Solution:

Given: = + / # ,  = @ / + , $ @ / #

On decoding the given statements,

Few More are Among

Few Men are More

No Men are Among

The following Venn diagram can be drawn from among the given statements,

Conclusions:

I. & + / #: All More are Among. From the above Venn diagram this conclusion does not follow.

II. & # / @: All Among are Men. From the above Venn diagram this conclusion does not follow

III. & @ / +: All Men are More. From the above Venn diagram this conclusion does not follow

So, none of the three conclusions follow.

Hence, option e.

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Directions (6 to 10): Answer the following question based on the information given below.

 In a certain code language,

I. ‘No Rapid Car Road’ is coded as ‘4 5 1 2’

II. ‘All Road are Track’ is coded as ‘2 3 6 7’

III. ‘All Track Some Rapid’ is coded as ‘8 5 3 6’

IV. ‘Only Car Track’ is coded as ‘9 1 6’

Common solution:

First decode all the given words,

From statement II, III and IV, ‘Track’ is coded as ‘6’.

From statement I and II, ‘Road’ is coded as ‘2’.

From statement I and III, ‘Rapid’ is coded as ‘5’.

From statement I and IV, ‘Car’ is coded as ‘1’.

From statement II and III, ‘All’ is coded as ‘3’.

From statement I alone, ‘No’ is coded as ‘4’.

From statement II alone, ‘are’ is coded as ‘7’.

From statement III alone, ‘Some’ is coded as ‘8’.

From statement IV alone, ‘Only’ is coded as ‘9’.

The words and their respective code are as follows,

6. Which of the following is coded as ‘7 8 1’ in the given language?

(1) Track are Some

(2) Only Track Car

(3) Some are Car

(4) No Car Rapid

(5) Road are All

Ans: c

Solution:

‘Some are Car’ is coded as ‘7 8 1’ in the given language.

Hence, option c.

7. In the question below there are two coded statements followed by two coded conclusions I and II. You have to take the two given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the two statements disregarding commonly known facts.

Statements:

8 6 7 5, 4 5 7 1, 3 2 7 1

Conclusions:

I. 4 2 7 5

II. 8 1 7 6

(1) Only conclusion I follows

(2) Only conclusion II follows

(3) Both conclusions I and II follow

(4) Neither conclusion I nor conclusion II follows

(5) Either conclusion I or conclusion II follows  

Ans: a

Solution:

Given:

8 6 7 5, 4 5 7 1, 3 2 7 1

On decoding the given statements,

Some Track are Rapid

No Rapid are Car

All Road are Car

The following Venn diagram can be drawn from the given statements,

Conclusions:

I. 4 2 7 5: No Road are Rapid. From the above Venn diagram this conclusion follows.

II. 8 1 7 6: Some Car are Track. From the above Venn diagram this conclusion does not follow.

So, only conclusion I follows.

Hence, option a.

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8. In the question below there are three coded statements followed by three coded conclusions I, II and III. You have to take the three given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the three statements disregarding commonly known facts.

Statements:

8 1 7 5, 3 5 7 2, 4 6 7 2

Conclusions:

I. 8 1 7 2

II. 4 5 7 6

III. 8 6 7 1

(1) Only conclusion I follows

(2) Only conclusion II follows

(3) Only conclusions I and III follow

(4) Only conclusions I and II follow

(5) Only conclusions II and III follow

Ans: d

Solution:

Given:

8 1 7 5, 3 5 7 2, 4 6 7 2

On decoding the given statements,

Some Car are Rapid

All Rapid are Road

No Track are Road

The following Venn diagram can be drawn from the given statements,

Conclusions:

I. 8 1 7 2: Some Car are Road. From the above Venn diagram this conclusion follows.

II. 4 5 7 6: No Rapid are Track. From the above Venn diagram this conclusion follows.

III. 8 6 7 1: Some Track are Car. From the above Venn diagram this conclusion does not follow.

So, only conclusions I and II follow.

Hence, option d.

9. How is ‘Only Rapid Car’ coded as in the given language?

(1) 6 9 4

(2) 1 3 7

(3) 9 5 1

(4) 7 6 1

(5) 4 7 5

Ans: c

Solution:

‘Only Rapid Car’ is coded as ‘9 5 1’ in the given language.  

Hence, option c.

10. In the question below there are three coded statements followed by three coded conclusions I, II and III. You have to take the three given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the three statements disregarding commonly known facts.

Statements:

9 1 7 5, 8 1 7 6, 3 6 7 2

Conclusions:

I. 4 6 7 5

II. 8 2 7 1

III. 4 2 7 5

(1) Only conclusions I and II follow

(2) Only conclusions II and III follow

(3) Only conclusions I and III follow

(4) Only conclusion II follows

(5) All three conclusions I, II and III follow

Ans: e

Solution:

Given:

9 1 7 5, 8 1 7 6, 3 6 7 2

On decoding the given statements,

Only Car are Rapid

Some Car are Track

All Track are Road

The following Venn diagram can be drawn from the given statements,

Conclusions:

 I. 4 6 7 5: No Track are Rapid. As, only Car are Rapid so, this conclusion follows.

II. 8 2 7 1: Some Road are Car. From the above Venn diagram, this conclusion follows.  

III. 4 2 7 5: No Road are Rapid. As, only Car are Rapid, so, this conclusion follows.  

So, all three conclusions I, II and III follow.  

Hence, option e.

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