Statements: All branches are flowers. All flowers are leaves.
Conclusions:
All branches are leaves.
All leaves are branches.
All flowers are branches.
Some leaves are branches.
Options
A. None follows
B. Only I and IV follow
C. Only II and III follow
D. All follow
Correct Answer
Only I and IV follow
Explanation
Since both the premises are universal and affirmative, the conclusion must be universal affirmative and should not contain the middle term. So, it follows that 'All branches are leaves'. Thus, I follows. IV is the converse of this conclusion and so it also holds.
This is an alternating addition series, with a random number, 21, interpolated as every third number. The addition series alternates between adding 3 and adding 4. The number 21 appears after each number arrived at by adding 3.
This is a simple subtraction series in which a random number, 85, is interpolated as every third number. In the subtraction series, 10 is subtracted from each number to arrive at the next.
This is an alternating addition and subtraction series. In the first pattern, 2 is added to each number to arrive at the next; in the alternate pattern, 6 is subtracted from each number to arrive at the next.