Question

In each of the following questions, two statements are given followed by two/four conclusions I, II, III and IV. 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 benches are tables.
No table is a chair.

Conclusions
I. All benches are chairs.
II. All tables are benches.
III. No tables are benches.
IV. No benches are chairs.

• A. Only conclusion II follows
• B. Only conclusion III follows
• C. Only conclusion IV follows
• D. Only conclusion I follows

Answer 1

The correct option is C Only conclusion IV follows

The first premise is a universal affirmative (A-type).
The second premise is a universal negative (E-type).
All benches are tables.
No table is a chair
$A+E\Rightarrow E$-type of conclusion
No bench is chair.
This is conclusion IV.