Question

    In each of the questions below are given three statements followed by three conclusions numbered I, II and III. You have to take the given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance with commonly known facts. Read all the conclusions and then decide which of given conclusions logically follows from the given statements disregarding commonly known facts.

    Statements : All tools are menus.

    No status is a menu.

    All titles are status.

    Conclusions: All menus being tools is a possibility.

    Some tools are not status.

    Atleast some titles are not menus.

    A Only I follows. Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B Only II and III follows. Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C Only III follows. Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D Only I and II follows. Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    E All of the above Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    All tools are menus(A) ⇒ Conversion ⇒ Some menus are tools(I) ⇒ Probable conclusion ⇒ All menus being tools is a possibility. Hence conclusion I follows. All tools are menus(A) + No menu is a status(E) ⇒ No tool is a status(E) ⇒ Conversion ⇒ Some tools are not status(O). Hence conclusion II follows. All titles are status(A) + No status is a menu(E) ⇒ No title is a menu(E) ⇒ Conversion ⇒ Some titles are not menus(O). Hence conclusion III follows. Venn Diagram Method

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