Examine the statements:\nI. None but students are members of the club. (Only students can be members; hence every member is a student.)\nII. Some members of the club are married persons.\nIII. All married persons are invited for the dance.\n\nWhich conclusion follows?

Difficulty: Medium

Correct Answer: All married students of the club are invited for the dance

Explanation:


Introduction / Context:
This is a set-inclusion (syllogism) question. We are told who can be club members and who is invited for the dance. We must connect the sets correctly without over-generalising.


Given Data / Assumptions:

  • “None but students are members” ⇒ Members ⊆ Students.
  • “Some members are married” ⇒ There exists at least one member who is married; since Members ⊆ Students, some married members are married students.
  • “All married persons are invited for the dance” ⇒ Married ⊆ Invited.


Concept / Approach:
Chain subset relations: Members ⊆ Students; Married ⊆ Invited. Intersecting information (“some members are married”) yields “some married students exist” and those, being married, are invited.


Step-by-Step Solution:

1) Married members are by definition students (from I) and married (from II).2) All married people are invited (III). Therefore, all married students of the club are invited.


Verification / Alternative check:
Venn diagram: Draw Students; Members as a subset of Students; Married as an overlapping set. The overlap of Members and Married lies inside Students and is entirely inside Invited.


Why Other Options Are Wrong:

• (a) “All students invited” is too broad; we know nothing about unmarried students.• (c) “All members married” contradicts only “some members are married.”• (d)/(e) do not follow from the premises.


Common Pitfalls:
Assuming converses or universalising “some” to “all.”


Final Answer:
All married students of the club are invited for the dance.

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