In each of the following questions two statements are given and these…
2024
In each of the following questions two statements are given and these statements are followed by two conclusions numbered (1) and (2). You have to take the given two statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts. Read the conclusions and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the two given statements, disregarding commonly known facts.
Statements: All the harmoniums are instruments. All the instruments are flutes.
Conclusions:
i. All the flutes are instruments.
ii. All the harmoniums are flutes.
- A.
Only (1) conclusion follows
- B.
Only (2) conclusion follows
- C.
Either (1) or (2) follows
- D.
Neither (1) nor (2) follows
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Correct answer: B
Answer: Only the conclusion "All the harmoniums are flutes" follows.
Explanation:
Given statements: All harmoniums are instruments; All instruments are flutes. This gives the chain harmoniums ⊂ instruments ⊂ flutes.
Therefore every harmonium is a flute, so the conclusion 'All the harmoniums are flutes' follows.
The conclusion 'All the flutes are instruments' does not follow because the premises only state that instruments are flutes (instruments ⊂ flutes), not that flutes are instruments. Flutes could include items that are not instruments.