Direction: In the following question, some statements are given, followed by some conclusions. You have to consider the 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, follows from the given statements.
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Statements:
Some cats are dogs.
All dogs are black.
Conclusions:
I. Some cats are black.
II. Some dogs are black.
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- Neither Conclusion I nor II follows
- Both Conclusions I and II follow
- Only Conclusion I follows
- Only Conclusion II follows
Correct Option: B
First Premise is Particular Affirmative (I-type).
Second Premise is Universal Affirmative (A-type).
Some cats are dogs. ↔ All dogs are black
I + A ⇒ I - type of Conclusion “Some cats are black”.
This is Conclusion I.
Conclusion II is the Implication of the second Premise.
