Question

Statements: All pens are pencils.
No pencil is a paper.
All papers are notebooks.
Conclusions: I. All notebooks if they are pencils are also pens.
II. No pen is a paper.

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

Answer 1

Answer: (B)

if only conclusion II follows.

Conclusion I: All notebooks cannot be pencils. As, some notebooks are paper which cannot be pencils. This can be clearly seen from the figure. It doesn't follow.

Conclusion II: It follows since paper and pencils are not connected to each other, paper and pen also cannot be connected.

Answer : B