Question

In each of the questions below are given four 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 from 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.


Statements
Some umbrellas are raincoats.
All raincoats are shirts.
No shirt is a blazer.
Some blazers are suits.

Conclusions
I. Some shirts are umbrellas.
II. Some suits are raincoats.

• 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 conclusion I and II follow

Answer 1

The correct option is A

If only conclusion I follows

Mediate term of the following statements
Some umbrellas are raincoats (I-type)
All raincoats are shirts (A-type)
$I+A\to I$
Some umbrellas are shirts
(Conclusion I follows)