Question

In each question below are three statements followed by two conclusions numbered I and II. You have to take the three given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly know facts and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the three statements disregarding commonly known facts.

Statements
All erasers are pencils.
Some pencils are pens.
No pen is a paper.

Conclusions
I. Some erasers are papers.
II. No paper is an eraser.

• A. Only conclusion I is true
• B. Only conclusion II is true
• C. Either conclusion I or conclusion II is true
• D. Neither conclusion I nor conclusion II is true
• E. Both conclusions I and II are true

Answer 1

The correct option is C Either conclusion I or conclusion II is true

Some pencils are pens.
No pen is a paper.
$I+E\Rightarrow O$-type of conclusion
Some pencils are not papers.
Conclusions I and II form a complementary pair. Therefore, either I or II follows.