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10th Class Mental Ability Logical Reasoning Question Bank Logic

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    Direction: In each of the following questions two statements are given followed by two three or four conclusions numbered I, II, III, and IV. You have to take the given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from the commonly known facts and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the given statements disregarding commonly known facts.
    Statements: Many ants are flies. All flies are insects. Conclusions:
    I.   Some ants are insects.
    II.   No fly is an ant.

    A) Only conclusion I follows

    B) Only conclusion II follows

    C) Either I or II follows        

    D) Neither I nor II follows

    E) Both I and II follows

    Correct Answer: A

    Solution :

    Explanation Option [a] is correct. Since the first premise is particular, the conclusion must be particular and should not contain the middle term. Thus, only I follows.           


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