Question

Statements: All books are magazines.
Some magazines are notebooks.
Some notebooks are papers.
Conclusions: I. Some books are notebooks.
II. Some magazines are papers.

• A. if only conclusion I follows.
• B. if only conclusion II follows.
• C. if either conclusion I or conclusion II follows.
• D. if neither conclusion I nor conclusion II follows.
• E. if both conclusion I and conclusion II follow.

Answer 1

The correct option is D if neither conclusion I nor conclusion II follows.

There are two cases possible.

some books are notebooks.

This is a possibility not always correct.

some magazines are papers.

This is a possibility not always correct.

Thus neither conclusions I and II is correct.

Hence, Option D is correct.