Question

In each of the questions below are given two 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 and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the statements disregarding commonly known facts.

Statements
Some participants are students.
Some students are boys.

Conclusions
I. No boy is a participant.
II. All boys are participants.

• A. Only conclusion I follows
• B. Only conclusion II follows
• C. Either conclusion I or conclusion II follows
• D. Neither conclusions I and II follow
• E. Both conclusions I and II follow

Answer 1

The correct option is D Neither conclusions I and II follow

Both the premises are particular affirmative (I-type). No conclusion follows from the two particular premises.