Question

In each of the questions below, three statements are given followed by conclusions /group of conclusions numbered I and II. You have to assume all the statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from the commonly known facts and then decide which of the given two conclusions logically follows from the information given in the statements.

Statements
Some files are folders.
All folders are pockets.
No pocket is a bag.

Conclusions
I. All pockets are files.
II. All files are bags.

• A. Only conclusion I follows
• B. Only conclusion ll follows
• C. Either conclusion I or conclusion II follows
• D. Neither conclusion I nor conclusion II follows
• E. Both conclusion I and II follow

Answer 1

The correct option is D Neither conclusion I nor conclusion II follows

Some files are folders.
All folders are pockets.
$I+A\Rightarrow I$-type of conclusion
Some files are pockets. (A)
All folders are pockets.
No pocket is a bag.
$A+E\Rightarrow E$-type of conclusion
No folder is a bag. (B)
Some files are pockets.
No pocket is a bag.
$I+E\Rightarrow O$-type of conclusion
Some files are not bags. (C)
Neither conclusion I nor conclusion II follows.