| 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. |
| I. All pens are papers» |
| II. All papers are pens. |
| III. All pencils are pens. |
| IV. Some papers are pens. |
A) None follows
B) Only I and IV follow
C) Only II and 111 follow
D) All follow
E) Only I, II and III follow
Correct Answer: B
Solution :
Explanation Option [b] is correct. Since both the premises are universal and affirmative, the conclusion must be universal affirmative and should not contain the middle term. So, it follows that ?All pens are papers?. Thus, I follows. IV is the converse of this conclusion and so it also holds.
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