Syllogism — Premises: (a) No girl is a parrot. (b) Sowmya is a girl. Conclusions: I) Sowmya is not a parrot. II) All girls are not Sowmya. Choose the conclusion(s) that follow.

Difficulty: Easy

Correct Answer: Only conclusion I follows

Explanation:


Introduction / Context:
This problem mixes a universal negative with an individual membership statement. We check which conclusions necessarily follow about the individual and about the class of girls.


Given Data / Assumptions:

  • No Girl is a Parrot (Girls ∩ Parrots = ∅).
  • Sowmya ∈ Girls.


Concept / Approach:
Substituting the individual into the universal exclusion gives a certain negative about Sowmya. The second conclusion is a poorly formed generalization about identity of all girls with Sowmya and is not entailed by the premises.


Step-by-Step Solution:

I) Since Sowmya is a girl and no girl is a parrot, it follows Sowmya is not a parrot — valid.II) 'All girls are not Sowmya' is either trivially true in ordinary usage or ill-posed in formal syllogism, but it does not follow as a necessary logical consequence from the given premises; syllogism conclusions should relate directly to provided predicates.


Verification / Alternative check:
The only relation established is between Girls and Parrots, plus Sowmya's membership in Girls; nothing licenses a universal identity/inequality statement about all girls and Sowmya.


Why Other Options Are Wrong:
Any option granting II introduces a statement not derivable from the premises within standard syllogistic form.


Common Pitfalls:
Accepting statements that are colloquially obvious but not logically entailed by the given categorical premises.


Final Answer:
Only conclusion I follows.

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