SSC CGL Syllogism Questions 2026 (Statements & Conclusions, Either-Or & Possibility) — Free Chapter Wise Practice Test

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Every syllogism question asks one thing: is this conclusion true in every picture the statements allow? If even one valid Venn diagram breaks it, it does not follow — however natural it sounds. The statements are taken as true even when they are absurd (“All lions are chairs”), so real-world knowledge never helps.

Marks are lost in three places. The first is reversing “All” — “All pens are books” gives “Some books are pens”, never “All books are pens”. The second is joining two “Some” statements, which never gives a certain conclusion. The third is missing the either-or pair — two uncertain conclusions on the same two groups that form a Some/No or All/Some-not pair.

How Many Syllogism Questions Are Asked in SSC CGL?

Syllogism is a fixed fixture of General Intelligence — usually one question in a Tier I shift, sometimes two, and it also appears in CHSL and Tier II. The forms it takes are listed below, most common first.

Venn diagram questions that ask which picture fits three groups are practised in the separate Venn Diagram chapter, and statement–assumption questions in Statement & Conclusion.

What You Will Practice in the Syllogism Chapter

Certain conclusions

• Two, three and four statements joined into a chain of groups
• All, Some, No and Some…not, in every order
• Reading a statement in reverse: “Some” and “No” reverse freely, “All” reverses only to “Some”
• Two, three and four conclusions, and options that list exactly the ones that follow

Either-or and possibility

• Either-or pairs on the same two groups — Some/No and All/Some-not
• “Some X being Y is a possibility” and “All X being Y is a possibility”
• “It is possible that no X is a Y”, and possibilities ruled out by a certain fact

Other forms

• One statement — which conclusion follows from it
• Which conclusion definitely follows, and which does NOT follow, with four sentence options
• The missing Statement 2 that makes both conclusions follow

Rules worth knowing instantly

The middle group must be the predicate of the first statement and the subject of the second. If it is not, reverse a “Some” or “No” statement first.

The three mistakes that cost the most marks

• Reversing “All”. “All pens are books” does not mean “All books are pens”.
• Reversing “Some…not”. “Some cups are not plates” says nothing about plates that are not cups.
• Calling a possibility impossible. If no certain fact blocks it, a possibility conclusion follows.

Solved Examples — SSC CGL Syllogism

How the Syllogism Tests Work

• 25 questions per test, with a full question palette — answered, skipped, marked for review, not visited.
• Every form in every level — two-conclusion, multi-conclusion, either-or, sentence-option and (in Level 2) possibility and missing-statement questions are mixed in each test.
• Optional 15-minute timer — with the clock to build exam speed, without it while you are still learning the chapter.
• Marking: +2 correct, −0.5 wrong, 0 unattempted — the same scheme as the real paper.
• Solutions, shortcut tricks and concept notes open after you submit, question by question — every conclusion is checked, with the rule that makes it certain or the case that breaks it.
• English and हिंदी, chosen at the start of every test.
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How to Prepare Syllogism for SSC CGL

1. Learn the four joining rules above by heart. Most certain conclusions come from one of them, used once or twice.
2. Draw the smallest diagram first. Draw each group only as big as the statements force, then try to break each conclusion with a different diagram.
3. Check every conclusion on its own. Mark it certain, possible or impossible before you look at the options.
4. Look for the either-or pair last. Only two uncertain conclusions on the same two groups, forming Some/No or All/Some-not, qualify.
5. Read possibility conclusions the other way round. Ask “does any certain fact forbid this?” — if not, it follows.
6. Do Level 1 untimed first, then with the 15-minute clock. Move to Level 2 once Level 1 is steady, and then check yourself on a previous year paper.

Related SSC CGL Reasoning Chapters

Syllogism shares its logic with Venn diagrams and statement–conclusion questions, and its careful reading with coding-decoding and blood relations. Practising them together makes each one faster.

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