Directions: Read the statements as true and decide which conclusions logically…

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Directions: Read the statements as true and decide which conclusions logically follow, ignoring commonly known facts.

Statements:

  • All apartments are huts.

  • No hut is a building.

  • All buildings are cottages.

Conclusions:

I. No apartment is a cottage.

II. Some buildings being apartments is a possibility.

  1. A.

    Neither conclusion I nor conclusion II follows.

  2. B.

    Only conclusion II follows.

  3. C.

    Either conclusion I or conclusion II follows.

  4. D.

    Only conclusion I follows.

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Correct answer: A

Correct answer: Neither conclusion I nor conclusion II follows.

  • Apartment vs building: All apartments are huts, and no hut is a building. Therefore, no apartment can be a building.

  • Conclusion II: This is impossible, because a building being an apartment would also make it a hut, contradicting "No hut is a building."

  • Conclusion I: All buildings are cottages does not mean all cottages are buildings. Apartments may or may not be cottages, so this conclusion is not definite.

Hence, neither conclusion follows.

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