Question

    Statements: Each Local is Town. Some Towns

    are State. No Town is Village. Conclusions: I: No Local is Village. II: Some State are Locals. In the question below there are some statements followed by some conclusions. You have to take the three given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts and then decide which of the given conclusions definitely follows from the three statements disregarding commonly known facts.
    A Only conclusion I follows Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B Only conclusion II follows Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C Either conclusion I or II follows Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D Both conclusions I and II follow Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    E Neither conclusion I nor II follows Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    Each Local is Town (A) + No Town is Village (E) → No Local is Village (E). Hence conclusion I follows. Each Local is Town (A) + Some Towns are State (I) → No conclusion. Hence conclusion II does not follow.

    Practice Next
    More Syllogism Questions
    ask-question