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Direction: In each of the following questions, one/three statements are given followed by two/ three/four conclusions/assumptions I, II, III & IV. 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, follow from the given statements.

  1. Statements:
    (a) All men are bachelors.
    (b) Some bachelors are teachers.
    (c) Some teachers are spiritual.
    Conclusions:
    I. All men are spiritual.
    II. Some teachers are spiritual.
    III. Some men are spiritual.
    IV. All teachers are spiritual.
    1. Only conclusion I follows.
    2. Only conclusion II follows.
    3. Only conclusion III follows.
    4. Only conclusion IV follows.
Correct Option: B

The first Premise is Universal Affirmative (A–type).
The second and the third Premises are Particular Affirmative (I–type).
All men are bachelors. ↔ Some bachelors are teachers.
A + I ⇒ No Conclusion
Conclusion II is the Converse of the third Premise.



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