| Direction: In each question below are given three statements followed by two conclusions numbered I and II. You have to take the given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance with commonly known facts. Read all the conclusions and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the given statements, disregarding commonly known facts. Give answer |
| Statements: Some stones are woods. |
| Some woods are not leaves. |
| All branches are stones. |
| Conclusions: I. Some stones are not leaves. II. All branches are woods. |
A) if only conclusion I follows.
B) if only conclusion II follows.
C) if either conclusion I or II follows.
D) if neither conclusion I nor II follows.
E) if both conclusions I and II follow.
Correct Answer: D
Solution :
Some stones are woods (I) + Some woods are not leaves \[(O)=I\,+\,O=\] No conclusion. Hence, I does not follow Again, All branches are stones + Some stones are woods (I) = A +1 = No conclusion. Hence neither conclusion I nor conclusion II follows..
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