Question

In each question below are 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 given statements disregarding commonly known facts.

Statements
No letter is an alphabet.
Some alphabets are words.

Conclusions
I. At least some words are alphabets.
II. At least some letters are words.

• 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 A Only conclusion I follows

No letter is an alphabet.
Some alphabets are words.
$E+I\Rightarrow O_1$ -type of conclusion
Some words are not letters.
The derived conclusion can be illustrated with the help of Venn diagrams.

Diagram III does not support conclusion II.
Conclusion I is the converse of the second premise.