Question

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

Statements: Some papers are bottles.
No perfume is a paper.
All bottles are files.
Conclusions: I. Some bottles are not perfumes.
II. Some perfumes are not files.

• 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.

Answer 1

Answer: (A)

if only conclusion I follows.

Fig 1 It does not follow.is a basic venn diagram presentation of statements.

Conclusion I: Some bottles are part of paper also which cannot be perfume. So, it does not follow.

Conclusion II: Some perfumes can be files as shown in fig 2. It does not violate the statements.

Answer : A