Logical Reasoning - Logical Deduction - Discussion

Discussion Forum : Logical Deduction - Section 4 (Q.No. 4)
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.


4.

Statements: All cups are glasses. Some glasses are bowls. No bowl is a plate.

Conclusions:

  1. No cup is a plate.
  2. No glass is a plate.
  3. Some plates are bowls.
  4. Some cups are not glasses.

None follows
Only either I or III follows
Only II and III follow
Only III and IV follow
None of these
Answer: Option
Explanation:

All cups are glasses. Some glasses are bowls.

Since the middle term 'glasses' is not distributed even once in the premises, no definite conclusion follows.

Some glasses are bowls. No bowl is a plate.

Since one premise is particular and the other negative, the conclusion must be particular negative and should not contain the middle term. So, it follows that 'Some glasses are not plates'.

Discussion:
4 comments Page 1 of 1.

Sharman kaur said:   8 years ago
The correct answer should be none of these options because 1 and 2 follow, which is not in the options.

PHANI said:   1 decade ago
As answer can be derived from statements it may be NONE OF THESE but may not be NONE FOLLOWS.

Shubh said:   8 years ago
"none of these" is the correct answer.

How "none follows" is correct?

Steve said:   1 decade ago
So, how is "none of these" not a correct answer?

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