Question

Statements: Some newspapers are magazines.
All newspapers are books.
Some books are journals.
Conclusions: I. No journal is a magazine.
II. Some newspapers being journal is a possibility.

• 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 following cases possible.

Some J can be M.

This is a possibility but not always true.

Some N can be J.

This is a possibility but not always true.

Thus only conclusion II is correct.

Hence, Option B is correct.