Question

Statements: No tree is a root.
Some roots are plants.
All plants are saplings.
Conclusions: I. All plants being trees is a possibility.
II. All saplings are plants.

• A. if only conclusion I follows.
• B. if only conclusion II follows.
• C. if either conclusion I or conclusion II follows.if only conclusion I 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.

All plants can never be trees.

This is not possible.

All sapling are plants.

This is a possibility not always correct.

Thus neither conclusion I nor II are correct.

Hence, Option D is correct.