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    Question

    In the question below there are three statements

    followed by two conclusions I and II. 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: No pilot is lawyer. Some pilot are engineer At least some engineer are scientist. Conclusions: I. Some pilot are scientist. II. No lawyer is engineer. III. Some lawyer being scientist is a possibility.
    A Only conclusion I follows Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B Both the conclusions I and II follow Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C Neither conclusion I nor II follows Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D Only conclusion III follows Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    E Either conclusion I or II follows Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    Some pilot are engineer (I) + At least some engineer are scientist (I) → No conclusion. Hence conclusion I does not follow. Some pilot are engineer (I) → Conversion → Some engineer are pilot (I) + No pilot is lawyer (E) → Some engineer are not lawyer (O). Hence conclusion II does not follow. At least some engineer are scientist (I) → Conversion → Some scientist are engineer (I) + Some engineer are not lawyer (O) → Probable conclusion → Some lawyer may be scientist (I). Hence conclusion III follows.

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