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

Only (I) follows
Only (II) follows
Either (I) or (II) follows
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.

More Questions from Syllogism

Statements : All animals are birds. Some animals are human beings. Conclusions : I. Some human beings are birds. II. Some birds are human beings.
Statements: All women are cats. All cats are rats. Conclusions: I. All women are rats. II. All rats are women.
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.
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.
Statements: (a) Some schools are Laboratories. (b) All Laboratories are theatres. Conclusions: I. Some theatres are schools. II. No school is a theatre.
Statements: Some boys are men. No man is black. Conclusions: I. Some boys are not black. II. Some men are boys.
Statements (a) No teacher comes to the school on a bicycle. (b) Anand comes to the school on a bicycle. Conclusions I. Anand is not a teacher II. Anand is a student.
Statements: a. Some clerks are poor. b. A is poor. Conclusions: a. A is clerk. b. A has a large family.
Statements: 1. All fish are tortoise. 2. No tortoise is a crocodile. Conclusions: I. No crocodile is a fish. II. No fish is a crocodile
Statements : No pencil is eraser. All erasers are sharpeners. Conclusions: I. All sharpeners are pencils. II. All sharpeners are erasers.

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