Question

In each question below are either two 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 fruits are mangoes.
Some mangoes are red.
All red is vegetables.

Conclusions
I. No fruit is red.
II. Some fruits are red.

• 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 C Either conclusion I or II follows

Some mangoes are red.
All red are vegetables.
$I+A\to I$-type of conclusion
Some mangoes are vegetables.
Conclusions I and II form a complementary pair. Therefore, either conclusion I or II follows.