Question

    In the question 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 and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the three statements disregarding commonly known facts. Statements: Some planet are constellation. All constellation are comet. No comet is universe. Some planet are galaxy. Conclusions: I. Some galaxy are constellation. II. Some planet are comet. III. No constellation is universe.
    A Both conclusion I and conclusion II follow Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B Only conclusion I follows Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C Neither conclusion I nor conclusion II follows Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D Both conclusion II and conclusion III follow Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    E All the conclusion I, II and III follow Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    Some planet are constellation (I) → Conversion → Some constellation are planet (I) + Some planet are galaxy (I) → No conclusion. Hence conclusion I does not follow. Some planet are constellation (I) + All constellation are comet (A) → Some planet are comet (I). Hence conclusion II follows. All constellation are comet (A) + No comet is universe (E) → No constellation is universe (E). Hence conclusion III follows.

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