In each of the following question, two or three statements are given and after…
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In each of the following question, two
or three statements are given and after that two conclusions are
provided. You have to take the statements to be true though it shows
difference from the known facts. At first, read the statements and then
go to the conclusions. Among the conclusions decide which is logically
correct and answer the question by choosing the options provided. Statements: All ways are waters. Some waters are boats. Conclusions: I. Some boats are ways. II. All waters are boats.
- A.
Only conclusion I is correct.
- B.
Only conclusion II is wrong
- C.
Either I or II is correct
- D.
Neither I nor II is correct.
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Correct answer: D
Answer: Neither conclusion I nor II follows.
Reasoning:
From 'All ways are waters': every way is a water (ways ⊆ waters).
From 'Some waters are boats': there exists at least one element that is both a water and a boat.
Conclusion I ('Some boats are ways') does not follow because the waters that are boats may not include any ways; the overlap between boats and waters need not overlap with ways.
Conclusion II ('All waters are boats') does not follow because 'some waters are boats' only asserts existence of at least one such water, not that every water is a boat.
Therefore, neither conclusion follows from the given statements.