Question

    Statements: No plant is a tree. No tree

    is a shrub. No shrub is a herb. Conclusions:                          I. Some shrub are tree. II. Some shrub are not tree.           In the following question below are given three statements followed by two conclusions numbered I and II. You have to take the given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance with commonly known facts. Read both the conclusions and then decide which of given conclusions logically follows from the given statements disregarding commonly known facts. Give answer :
    A If only conclusion I follows. Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B If only conclusion II follows. Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C If neither conclusion I nor II follows. Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D If both conclusions I and II follows. Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    No tree is a shrub (E) ⇒    Conversion ⇒ No shrub is a tree (E) ⇒ I.I. ⇒ Some shrub are not tree (O) . Hence, conclusion I will not follow but conclusion II will follow.

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