Question

The following questions two statements are given and these statements are followed by two conclusions

numbered I and II. You have to take the given two statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts. Read the conclusions and then decide which ofthe given conclusions logically follows from the two given statements, disregarding commonly known facts.

$\text{Statements :}$

All stones are diamonds.

Some diamonds are pearls.

$\text{Conclusions :}$

I. Some pearls are stones.

II. All diamonds are pearls.

• A. if only conclusion I follows
• B. if only conclusion II follows
• C. if either I or II follows
• D. if neither I nor II follows
• E. if both I and II follow.

Answer 1

Answer: (D)

if neither I nor II follows

Option $\left(D\right)$ is correct.

Since the middle term is not distributed even once in the premises, no conclusion follows.