Logical Reasoning - Logical Deduction - Discussion

Discussion Forum : Logical Deduction - Section 4 (Q.No. 8)
Directions to Solve

In each of the following questions, three statements are given followed by four conclusions numbered I, II, III and TV. You have to take the given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance with commonly known facts and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the given statements disregarding commonly known facts.


8.

Statements: Some tigers are lions. Some lions are rabbits. Some rabbits are horses.

Conclusions:

  1. Some tigers are horses.
  2. Some rabbits are tigers.
  3. Some horses are lions.
  4. All horses are rabbits.

All follow
None follows
Only I and II follow
Only II and IV follow
Only IV follows
Answer: Option
Explanation:

Since each combination of premises shall contain two particular premises, no definite conclusion can be drawn.

Discussion:
2 comments Page 1 of 1.

Mayank said:   8 years ago
It is saying that we can't conclude anything as some tigers are lions and some lions are rabbit here we can't conclude that some lions are rabbits as which lions are tigers may not be the ones who are rabbit.

Palni said:   9 years ago
Explain it please. I can't get it.

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