Direction: In the question below are given two statements followed by two…
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Direction: In the question below are given two statements followed by two conclusions numbered I and II. You have to take the given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance with commonly known facts. Read all the conclusions and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the given statements disregarding commonly known facts.
Statements:
All cups are walls.
Some ants are cups.
Conclusions:
I. Some walls are ants.
II. No ant is a wall.
- A.
Only II Conclusion follows
- B.
Either I or II Conclusions follows
- C.
Only I Conclusion follows
- D.
None Conclusion follows
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Correct answer: C
Key conclusion: Only the first conclusion follows.
Given statements:
All cups are walls.
Some ants are cups.
Reasoning:
From 'All cups are walls' every cup is contained within walls.
From 'Some ants are cups' there exists at least one object that is both an ant and a cup.
That ant which is a cup must also be a wall (because all cups are walls). Therefore some walls are ants — the first conclusion follows.
The second conclusion ('No ant is a wall') is false because we have at least one ant that is also a wall.
Therefore, only the first conclusion follows from the given statements.