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    Question

    In the question below there are three statements followed by two conclusions I and II. You have to take the three given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the three statements disregarding commonly known facts.

    Statements: Each bachelor is spinster.

    Some spinsters are married. No spinster is unmarried. Conclusions: I: No bachelor is unmarried. II: Some married are bachelors.
    A Only conclusion I follows Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B Only conclusion II follows Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C Either conclusion I or II follows Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D Both conclusions I and II follow Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    E Neither conclusion I nor II follows Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    Each bachelor is spinster (A) + No spinster is unmarried (E) → No bachelor is unmarried (E). Hence conclusion I follows. Each bachelor is spinster (A) + Some spinsters are married (I) → No conclusion. Hence conclusion II does not follow.

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