Question

In the question two statements are given, followed by two conclusions, I and II. You have to consider the statements to be true even if it seems to be at variance from commonly known facts. You have to decide which of the given conclusions, if any, follows from the given statements.

Statement I: Some chapters are physics

Statement II: All science is physics

Conclusion I: All science is chapters

Conclusion II: Some physics is science

• A. Only conclusion I follows
• B. Only conclusion II follows
• C. Both conclusions I and II follow
• D. Neither conclusion I nor conclusion II follows

Answer 1

Answer:

B. Only conclusion II follows

Solution:

Consider the following least possible Venn diagram,

Conclusions:

I. All science is chapters → False (It is possible but not definite).

II. Some physics is science → True (as all Science is Physics so this implies that some of the part of Physics is Science).

Hence, only conclusion II follows.