Statements: 1. Some cups are plates. 2. No plate is a spoon. Conclusions: I. Some cups are not spoons. II. No cup is a spoon. Which conclusion(s) logically follow? MCQ with Answer and Explanation
Statements:
1. Some cups are plates.
2. No plate is a spoon.
Conclusions:
I. Some cups are not spoons.
II. No cup is a spoon.
Which conclusion(s) logically follow?
A. Only conclusion I follows
B. Only conclusion II follows
C. Neither I nor II follows
D. Both I and II follow
Answer: Option A
Solution (By JKExamLibrary)
Since some cups are plates, and no plates are spoons, the portion of cups that are plates can never be spoons. Thus, some cups are definitely not spoons (Conclusion I). However, we do not know about all cups, so we cannot definitively say no cup is a spoon (Conclusion II).
Explanation:
The statement means not everything that glitters is gold; it doesn't say that some things that glitter are gold (they could be none). II is false because gold may not always glitter. Neither follows.
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