Question

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:

Some hooks are rags.

• All rags are bottles.

Conclusions:

(I) Some bottles are hooks.

(II) All bottles are rags.

• A. Only conclusion (II) follows
• B. Only conclusion (I) follows
• C. Both conclusions (I) and (II) follow
• D. Neither conclusion (1) nor (II) follows

Answer 1

Answer:

B. Only conclusion (I) follows

Statements:

1. Some hooks are rags.

2. All rags are bottles.

From statement 1:

• Some hooks belong to rags.

From statement 2:

• Every rag is a bottle.

So those “some hooks” that are rags are also bottles.

Therefore:

Conclusion (I)

Some bottles are hooks → Follows.

Conclusion (II)

All bottles are rags → Does not follow.

We only know:
$\text{All rags are bottles}$
Reverse is not necessarily true.

Final Answer:

Only conclusion (I) follows.