Verbal Reasoning - Syllogism - Discussion
Discussion Forum : Syllogism - Syllogism 1 (Q.No. 8)
Directions to Solve
In each of the following questions two statements are given and these statements are followed by two conclusions numbered (1) and (2). You have to take the given two statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts. Read the conclusions and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the two given statements, disregarding commonly known facts.
Give answer:
- (A) If only (1) conclusion follows
- (B) If only (2) conclusion follows
- (C) If either (1) or (2) follows
- (D) If neither (1) nor (2) follows and
- (E) If both (1) and (2) follow.
8.
Statements: All cups are books. All books are shirts.
Conclusions:
- Some cups are not shirts.
- Some shirts are cups.
Answer: Option
Explanation:

Discussion:
37 comments Page 2 of 4.
Lalitha Priya said:
10 years ago
Some cups are not shirts yeah only all the cups are shirts so it follows 1 and also some shirts are cups so it also follows 2. Answer is option E.
Kishan said:
10 years ago
Answer C I think how B answer right?
Swathi said:
9 years ago
Here the answer is Both 1 & 2 follows. Because here all cups can be shirts but he said that some cups not shirts so 1 follows, 2nd obviously follows.
Sarath kumar s said:
9 years ago
According to my view, the answer is option D. Neither 1 or 2.
Yash said:
9 years ago
Option B is correct. Because it is already given in Venn diagram that " all cups are shirts". Then there is nothing to say that "some cups are shirts".
Himanshi said:
9 years ago
Please suggest me when to use formulas as all+all equal to all should be applied here, but why we did not use?
(1)
Satyanandam said:
9 years ago
All +All =All is the basic conclusion statement obtained after applying syllogism rules. Here we obtain the.
Conclusion statement as ALL CUPS ARE SHIRTS i.e. cups are definite and shirts are indefinite. So we can.
Write shirts as indefinite one i. e SOME SHIRTS ARE CUPS, which is just a simple logic.
Conclusion statement as ALL CUPS ARE SHIRTS i.e. cups are definite and shirts are indefinite. So we can.
Write shirts as indefinite one i. e SOME SHIRTS ARE CUPS, which is just a simple logic.
Aparna said:
9 years ago
This is the case of either or.
Harshani guta said:
9 years ago
No, this is not a case of either or because for the either or case both sentence must be wrong.
But here conclusion 1 is wrong and conclusion 2 is correct.
But here conclusion 1 is wrong and conclusion 2 is correct.
Harish said:
8 years ago
Some shirts are cups is converse of ALL cups are shirts. So conclusion 2 is correct. Because both are same.
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