Question

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

    Statements : 

    All summers are winters.

    Some winters are autumns.

    Conclusions :

    I. All summers are autumns.

    II. Some summers are not autumns.

    A If only I follows. Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B If only II follows. Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C If either I or II follows. Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D If neither I nor II follows. Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    All summers are winters (A) + Some winters are autumns (I) ⇒ No conclusion. Hence conclusion I and II do not follow but it will make a complemenatry pair. Hence either conclusion I or II follows.

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