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
Some trains are stations.
All trains are goods.

Conclusions
I. All goods are trains.
II. Some stations are definitely not goods.

• 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

Some stations are trains.
All trains are goods.
$I+A\Rightarrow I$-type of conclusion
Some stations are goods.
The derived conclusion can be illustrated with the help of Venn diagrams:

Therefore, conclusion II is doubtful.