Direction: Two statements are given followed by two inferences I and II. You have to consider the statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts. You are to decide which of the given inferences can definitely be drawn from the given statements.
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Statements:
(a) All cupboards are watches.
(b) All watches are costly.
Inferences:
I. All cupboards are costly.
II. Some costly things are cupboards.
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- Only inference I follows
- Only inference II follows
- Both of them follow
- Neither of them follows
Correct Option: C
Both the Premises are Universal Affirmative (A-type).
All cupboards are watches. ↔ All watches are costly.
A + A → A-type of Conclusion “All cupboards are costly.”
This is Conclusion I.
Conclusion II is converse of it.
