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Statements: All cups are glasses. Some glasses are bowls. No bowl is a plate. Conclusions: No cup is a plate. No glass is a plate. Some plates are bowls. Some cups are not glasses.

None follows
Only either I or III follows
Only II and III follow
Only III and IV follow
None of these

Correct Answer: None follows

Explanation:

All cups are glasses. Some glasses are bowls.

Since the middle term 'glasses' is not distributed even once in the premises, no definite conclusion follows.

Some glasses are bowls. No bowl is a plate.

Since one premise is particular and the other negative, the conclusion must be particular negative and should not contain the middle term. So, it follows that 'Some glasses are not plates'.

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