Statements: Some books are Magazines. Some Magazines are Novels. Conclusions: (I

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Statements:
Some books are Magazines.
Some Magazines are Novels.
Conclusions:
(I) Some books are Novels.
(II) Some Novels are Magazines.
Options
A. Only (I) follows
B. Only (II) follows
C. Either (I) or (II) follows
D. Neither (I) nor (II) follows

Correct Answer

Only (II) follows

Explanation

Both the Premises are Particular Affirmative (I-type).
No Conclusion follows from the two Particular Premises.
Conclusion II is Converse of the second Premise.

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1.
Statements:
(a) All players are educated.
(b) All educated are cultured.
Inferences:
I. All players are cultured.
II. All cultured persons are players.
Options
A. Only inference I follows
B. Only inference II follows
C. Both inference I and II follows
D. Neither inference I nor II follows

2.
Statements:
(a) All clerks are typists.
(b) Some typists are stenos.
Conclusions:
I. Some stenos are clerks.
II. No steno is a clerk.
III. All typists are clerks.
IV. All clerks are stenos.
Options
A. All the conclusions follow
B. None of conclusions follow
C. Either I or II follows
D. Only IV follows

3.
Statements:
(a) All goats are tigers.
(b) All tigers are lions.
Conclusions:
I. All tigers are goats.
II. All lions are tigers.
III. No goat is a lion.
IV. No lion is a goat.
Options
A. Either II or III follows
B. Either II or IV follows
C. Either I or III follows
D. None of the conclusions follow

4.
Statements:
Some files are numbered.
All numbers are coded.
Inferences:
Options
A. All files are coded.
B. All codes are filed.
C. Some files are not numbered.
D. No numbers have codes

5.
Statements:
(a) Some shoes are White.
(b) All White are Blue.
Conclusions:
I. All shoes are Blue.
II. Some shoes are Blue.
Options
A. Only I follows
B. Only II follows
C. Neither I nor II follows
D. Both I and II follow

6.
Statements :
All animals are birds.
Some animals are human beings.
Conclusions :
I. Some human beings are birds.
II. Some birds are human beings.
Options
A. I follows
B. II follows
C. Both I or II follow
D. Neither I nor II follows

7.
Statements:
All women are cats.
All cats are rats.
Conclusions:
I. All women are rats.
II. All rats are women.
Options
A. Neither conclusion I nor II follows
B. Only conclusion I follows
C. Only conclusion II follows
D. Both conclusions I and II follow

8.
Statements:
(1) All books are trees.
(2) All trees are lions.
Conclusions:
I. All books are lions.
II. All lions are books.
III. All trees are books.
IV. Some lions are books.
Options
A. Only II and III follow.
B. Only I and IV follow.
C. None of the conclusions follows.
D. All conclusions follow.

9.
Statements:
A. All clerks are superintendents.
B. All superintendents are managers.
C. All managers are supervisors.
Conclusions:
I. All supervisors are clerks.
II. Some clerks are supervisors.
III. Some managers are clerks.
IV. All superintendents are clerks.
Options
A. Only conclusion I
B. Only conclusion II
C. Only conclusion III
D. Only conclusion IV

10.
Statements:
(a) Some schools are Laboratories.
(b) All Laboratories are theatres.
Conclusions:
I. Some theatres are schools.
II. No school is a theatre.
Options
A. Conclusion II follows
B. Both Conclusions I and II follow
C. Neither Conclusion I nor II follows
D. Conclusion I follows

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