Question

    Statements : All doors are chairs. Some

    chairs are glass. Some glasses are not tables. Conclusions : I.  No glass is a table. II.  Some chairs are not doors. Directions (1-5):  Read both the conclusions and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the given statements disregarding commonly known facts. Give answer— (1) if only conclusion I is true. (2) if only conclusion II is true. (3) if either conclusion I or conclusion II is true. (4) if neither conclusion I nor conclusion II is true (5) if both conclusions I and II are true.
    A 1 Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B 2 Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C 3 Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D 4 Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    E 5 Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    Alternate solution: Some glasses are not tables(O) `->`  I.I `->`  No conclusion. Hence conclusion I does not follow. All doors are chairs(A) `->`  Conversion `->`  Some chairs are doors(I). Hence conclusion II does not follow.

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