Question
Download Solution PDFDirections : In the following questions, few statements are given and these statements are 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 from commonly known facts. Read the conclusions and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the given statements, disregarding commonly known facts.
Choose,
(A) Only (i) conclusion follows
(B) Only (ii) conclusion follows
(C) Neither (i) nor (ii) follows
(D) Both (i) and (ii) follow
(E) Either (i) or (ii) follows
Statements:
Some rice are maize.
All maize are jute.
Some jute are cereals.
Conclusions:
i) Some rice are jute.
ii) Some cereals are maize
Answer (Detailed Solution Below)
Detailed Solution
Download Solution PDFThe least possible Venn diagram according to the given information is given below:
Conclusions:
i) Some rice are jute → Follow → As some rice are maize and all maize are jute. (As some part of rice is common with maize which whole comes in jute, therefore it is true.)
ii) Some cereals are maize → Does not follow → As all maize are jute and some jute are cereals. So it is possible but not definite.)
Thus, (A) Only (i) conclusion follows.
Hence, the correct answer is "Option 1".
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