QUESTION

CSAT

Easy

Reasoning

Prelims 2021

A Statement followed by Conclusion-I and Conclusion-II is given below. You have to take the Statement to be true even if it seems to be at variance from the commonly known facts. Read all Conclusions and then decide which of the given Conclusion(s) logically follows/follow from the Statement, disregarding the commonly known facts.

Statement: Some cats are almirahs. Some almirahs are chairs. All chairs are tables. Conclusion-I: Certainly some almirahs are tables. Conclusion-II: Some cats may not be chairs.

Which one of the following is correct?

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Explanation

Based on the statements, we can have these scenarios:

VENN DIAGRAM

Conclusion-I: From both diagrams, we can conclude that “Some almirahs are tables” is defenitely true. Hence, Conclusion-I follows. Conclusion-II : From both diagrams, we can say that "Some cats may not be chairs". Hence, Conclusion-II also follows. Hence, option C is the correct answer.

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