Question
Download Solution PDFIn this question, three statements are given, followed by three conclusions numbered I, II and III. Assuming the statements to be true, even if they seem to be at variance with commonly known facts, decide which of the conclusions logically follows/follow from the statements.
Statements:
All clowns are books.
Some books are heavy.
Some heavy are trucks.
Conclusions:
I. Some books are clowns.
II. All books are heavy.
III. Some trucks are heavy.
Answer (Detailed Solution Below)
Detailed Solution
Download Solution PDFThe least possible Venn diagram for the given statement is:
Conclusions:
I. Some books are clowns → Follow (As, all clowns are books. So, as whole clowns comes in books therefore it is definitely true.)
II. All books are heavy → Does not Follow (As, some books are heavy. So, it is possible but not definitely true.)
III. Some trucks are heavy → Follow (As, some heavy are trucks . So, as some part of heavy is common with trucks therefore it is definitely true.)
So, Only conclusions I and III follow.
Hence, the correct answer is "Only conclusions I and III follow".
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