Question
Statements: Every friendship is loyal.
Only a few loyal are honest. None of the honest are intelligent. 92% intelligent are smart. Conclusions: I. All loyal being honest is a possibility. II. A few smart being loyal is a possibility. III. Some intelligent are friendship. In the questions given below there are three statements followed by three conclusions I, II and III. You have to take the three given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts. Read all the conclusions and then decide which of the given conclusions definitely follows from the given statements disregarding commonly known facts.Solution
Only a few loyal are honest β Some loyal are honest (I) and Some loyal are not honest (O). Hence conclusion I does not follow. Only a few loyal are honest (I) + None of the honest are intelligent (E) β Some loyal are not intelligent (O) + 92% intelligent are smart (I) β Probable conclusion β Some smart may be loyal (I). Hence conclusion II follows. Every friendship is loyal (A) + Only a few loyal are honest (I) β No conclusion. Hence conclusion III does not follow.
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