Direction: One/two statement(s) is/are given followed by two conclusions, I and II. You have to consider the statement(s) to be true, even if it/they seem(s) to be at variance from commonly known facts. You have to decide which of the given conclusions, if any, follow(s) from the given statement(s).
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Statements:
(a) All frogs are tortoises.
(b) No tortoise is a crocodile.
Conclusions:
I. No crocodile is a frog.
II. No frog is a crocodile.
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- Only I follows
- Only II follows
- Both I and II follow
- Neither I nor II follows
Correct Option: C
First Premise is Universal Affirmative (A-type).
Second Premise is Universal Negative (E-type).
All frogs are tortoises. ↔ No tortoise is a crocodile.
A + E ⇒ E-type of Conclusion “No frog is a crocodile”.
This is Conclusion II.
Conclusion I is Converse of this Conclusion.
