Question
Statements : Some eggs are chickens. No chicken
is a hen. No hen is a pigeon. Conclusions : I. Some eggs may be hens. II. Some chickens are not pigeons. In each of the questions below are given three 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 both the conclusions and then decide which of given conclusions logically follows from the given statements disregarding commonly known facts. Give answerSolution
Some eggs are chickens (I) + No chicken is a hen (E) = Some eggs are not hens (O) ⇒ Probable conclusion ⇒ Some eggs may be hens (I). Hence, conclusion I will follow. No chicken is a hen (E) + No hen is a pigeon (E) = No conclusion. Hence, conclusion II will not follow.