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:

  1. Some cups are not shirts.
  2. Some shirts are cups.

Only (1) conclusion follows
Only (2) conclusion follows
Either (1) or (2) follows
Neither (1) nor (2) follows
Both (1) and (2) follow
Answer: Option
Explanation:
Discussion:
37 comments Page 4 of 4.

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".

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.

Aparna said:   9 years ago
This is the case of either or.

Guru said:   1 decade ago
As for condition, ALL + ALL = All then hoe The Some will be a ans....

Can Any One Explain Me By Logic


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