Question

Statements: All pens are chalks. All chairs are chalks.
Conclusions:
I. Some pens are chairs.
II. Some chalks are pens.

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

Answer 1

Answer: (B)

Only conclusion II follows

Since the middle term 'chalks' is not distributed even once in the premises, no definite conclusion follows. However, II is the converse of the first premise and so it holds.