Question

Choose the correct option about conclusion drawn from the statements given below.

Statements:
All cups are bottles.
Some bottles are jugs.
No jug is a plate.
Some plates are tables.
Conclusions:
(I) Some tabes are bottles.
(II) Some plates are cups
(III) No table is bottle.
(IV) Some jugs are cups.

• A. Only conclusion I follows.
• B. Only conclusion II follows.
• C. Only conclusion III follows.
• D. Only conclusion IV follows.
• E. Either conclusion I or III follow.

Answer 1

Answer: (E)

Either conclusion I or III follow.

As per the given data, we can't relate Jug and Cup, Plate and Bottles, Plate and Cup, Table and Cup, Tables and Bottles.

For every pair either of the four statements can be concluded.

For example,

Bottle and table

We can have either of the relations

(i) No table is bottle

(ii) Some tables are bottles

(iii) All tables are bottles.

(iv) All bottles are tables.

So, from the given conclusions either conclusion (I) or conclusion (III) follows.

Option E is correct.