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Discussion Forum : Syllogism - Syllogism 3 (Q.No. 6)
Syllogism
Directions to Solve
In each of the following questions there are three statements. Which are followed by three or four conclusions. Choose the conclusions which logically follow from the given statements.
6.

Statements: Some rats are cats. Some cats are dogs. No dog is cow.

Conclusions:

  1. No cow is cat.
  2. No dog is rat.
  3. Some cats are rats.

Only (1)
Only (1) and (2)
Only (1) and (3)
Only (2) and (3)
Only (3)
Answer: Option
Explanation:
Discussion:
45 comments Page 3 of 5.
Bhavani said:   8 years ago
How does 2nd conclusion goes wrong?
Bhagya said:   8 years ago
No cow is cat right or wrong?
Tanya said:   8 years ago
Can anyone explain-why are the two conclusions wrong?

1. No cow is cat.
2. No dog is rat.
Tanya said:   8 years ago
No cow is rat. What does it mean? Please explain.
Vinayak said:   8 years ago
According to me, all three condition are true.
Amit Gosain said:   9 years ago
Answer should be 1 and 3 follows.

I try all possible positions and 1 more thing is that 2 venn diagram is wrong as we all know No cow is a dog so we can't assume a relation between them. So, the answer is 1 and 3.
Sneha said:   9 years ago
Please explain this by Raval's method.
Kamal said:   9 years ago
I think, 1 and 3 follows.
PRAKASH said:   9 years ago
The right answer is not mentioned in the option. Am I right?
Rajraj697@gmail.com said:   9 years ago
I think the answer is 1 and 3 follows.
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