Question

In each question below are either two or three statements followed by two conclusions I and II. You have to take the two or three given statements to be true and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the two/ three given statements, disregarding the commonly known facts.

Statements
Some waste is white.
Some white is water.
Some water is waste.

Conclusions
I. Some waste which is white is water.
II. Some water is neither waste nor white.

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

Answer 1

The correct option is D Neither conclusion I nor II follows

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