Direction: Two statements are given followed by four conclusions I, II, III and IV. You have to consider the two statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts. You have to decide which of the given conclusions, if any, follow from the given statements.
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Statements:
(a) Some skirts are benches.
(b) No bench is a table.
Conclusions:
I. Some skirts are tables.
II. Some benches are skirts.
III. All benches are skirts.
IV. Some tables are skirts.
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- Only I follows
- Only II follows
- Only II and IV follow
- Only I and III follow
Correct Option: B
First Premise is Particular Affirmative (I - type).
Second Premise is Universal Negative (E - type).
Some skirts are benches. ↔ No bench is a table.
I + E ⇒ O – type of Conclusion “Some skirts are not tables.”
Conclusion II is Converse of the first Premise.