Read the given statements and conclusions carefully. Assuming that the information given in the statements is true, even if it appears to be at variance…
Read the given statements and conclusions carefully. Assuming that the information given in the statements is true, even if it appears to be at variance with commonly known facts, decide which of the given conclusions logically follow(s) from the statements.
Statements:
A. All shirts are curtains.
B. Some shirts are pens.
C. Some pens are cups.
Conclusions:
I. No cups are shirts.
II. No cups are curtains.
III. No curtains are pens.
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Correct answer: (A) None of the conclusions follow.
Explanation
Shirts and pens only partly overlap, and only some pens are cups. Nothing rules out cups being shirts or curtains, or curtains being pens (some shirts, which are curtains, are pens). So no conclusion follows.