Question

Statements: All pens are columns.
Some columns are inks.
No ink is a copy.
Conclusions: I. Some columns are copies.
II. No copy is a column.

• 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

Answer: (C)

if either conclusion I or conclusion II follows.

There are two cases possible.

Some column are copies.

This is a possibility but not always correct.

some copy are column.

This is also a possibility but not always correct.

Thus either conclusion I or II is correct.

Hence, Option C is correct.