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 radios are mobiles. All mobiles are computers. Some computers are watches.

Conclusion-I: Certainly some radios are watches. Conclusion-II: Certainly some mobiles are watches.

Which one of the following is correct?

Select an option to attempt

Explanation

Based on the statements, we can have these scenarios:

Scenarios

Scenario 1: Radios intersect Mobiles, Mobiles are fully within Computers, Computers intersect Watches

Scenario 2: Radios intersect Mobiles, Mobiles are fully within Computers, Watches are fully within Computers

By looking at the 1st diagram, we can conclude that Conclusion-I definitely does not follow.

By looking at the above diagrams, we can conclude that Conclusion-II also definitely does not follow.

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