Question

In each question, there 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 with commonly known facts and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the given statements disregarding commonly known facts.

Statements:-
All erasers are sharpeners.
All sharpeners are pencils.
Some pencils are pens.

Conclusions:-
I. At least some sharpeners are pens.
II. No sharpener is a pen.

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

Answer 1

The correct option is A Either conclusion I or conclusion II follows

Mediate term of the following statement is
All erasers are sharpeners (A - type)
All sharpeners are pencils (A - type)
$A+A\to A-type$
All erasers are pencil.

Either conclusion I or II follows as the conclusion are a complementary pair.