Question

Statements: Some mangoes are apples.
Some apples are bananas.
Some bananas are grapes.
Conclusions: I. Some bananas are definitely not mangoes.
II. Some grapes are apples.

• 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 D if neither conclusion I nor conclusion II follows.

There are two cases possible.

Some banana are definitely not grape..

This is a possibility but not always true.

Some grape are apple.

This is a possibility but not always true.

Thus both conclusion I and II are incorrect.

Hence, Option D is correct.