Question

In each of the following question one/two statements are given followed by two conclusions I and II. You have to consider the two statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts. You have to decide which of the given conclusions, if any, follow from the given statements.

Statements
All animals are birds.
Some animals are human beings.

Conclusions
I. Some human beings are birds.
II. Some birds are human beings.

• A. Conclusion I follows
• B. Conclusion II follows
• C. Both conclusion I and II follow
• D. Neither conclusion I nor II follows

Answer 1

The correct option is C Both conclusion I and II follow

The first premise is universal affirmative (a-type).
The second premise is particular affirmative (I-type).
Some human beings are animals.
All animals are birds.
$I+A\Rightarrow I$-type of conclusion
Some human beings are birds.
This is conclusion I.
Conclusion II is the converse of It.