In each of the following questions there are three statements, followed by…

2024

In each of the following questions there are three statements, followed by three conclusions. Choose the conclusion(s) that logically follow from the given statements.

Statements:

  • Some cars are jeeps.

  • All the boxes are jeeps.

  • All the pens are cars.

Conclusions:

  1. Some cars are boxes.

  2. No pen is jeep.

  3. Some boxes are cars.

  1. A.

    None of three

  2. B.

    Only (1) and (2)

  3. C.

    Only (1) and (3)

  4. D.

    Only (2) and (3)

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Correct answer: A

Concept: In a statement-based syllogism, a conclusion is valid only if it is true in EVERY diagram that satisfies all the given statements — if even one valid arrangement of the sets makes it false, the conclusion does not follow. Also, an "I" statement ("Some X are Y") and its converse ("Some Y are X") are logically identical, so they must always be judged together, never split across different options.

  1. Draw Jeeps as the base set. Since "All boxes are jeeps," place the Boxes circle fully inside the Jeeps circle.

  2. Since "Some cars are jeeps," draw the Cars circle overlapping Jeeps only partially. The statement never fixes where inside Jeeps this overlap sits, so it can be drawn touching a part of Jeeps that has no overlap with Boxes at all.

  3. Since "All pens are cars," draw the Pens circle fully inside Cars — specifically inside the part of Cars that lies outside Jeeps (a valid choice because "Some cars are jeeps" does not force every car to be a jeep, so room remains for cars outside Jeeps).

  4. Check conclusions 1 and 3 ("Some cars are boxes" / "Some boxes are cars") against this diagram: the Cars-Jeeps overlap and the Boxes circle never touch, so both are false here.

  5. Check conclusion 2 ("No pen is jeep") against a second, equally valid diagram where the Cars-Jeeps overlap is stretched to include part of the Pens region — some pens now fall inside Jeeps, so this conclusion also fails to hold in every case.

Cross-check: since a valid diagram already falsifies conclusions 1 and 3 together, and another equally valid diagram falsifies conclusion 2, no single conclusion is guaranteed across every diagram consistent with the three statements. None of the three conclusions follows.

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