Question

Statements: All silver is gold.
All gold is metal.
All metals are precious.
Conclusions: I. All metals being silver is a possibility.
II. At least some silver is precious

• 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

The correct option is E if both conclusions I and II follow.

Conclusion I: Metals and silver are in single Venn diagram. So, possibility case is always true. It follows.

Conclusion II: At least some means it can be all or it can be some. Here all silver is precious. So, it follows.

Answer : E