Question

Statements: Some bags are baggages.
No baggage is a basket.
All bags are buckets.
Conclusions: I. All baggages are buckets.
II. Some bags are not baskets.

• 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

The correct option is B if only conclusion II follows.

There are two cases possible.

All baggage are buckets.

This is a possibility not always correct.

some bags are not baskets.

This is always possible.

Thus only conclusion II is correct.

Hence, Option B is correct.