Direction: In each of the following questions some statements/ questions are given followed by three/ four (I, II, III, IV) conclusions/arguments respectively. 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/ arguments, if any, follow from the given statements/ questions.
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Statements:
Some hills are rivers.
Some rivers are deserts.
All deserts are roads.
Conclusions:
I. Some roads are rivers.
II. Some roads are hills.
III. Some deserts are hills.
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- Only conclusion I follows
- Only conclusions I and II follow
- Only conclusions II and III follow
- None follows
Correct Option: A
First and second Premises are Particular Affirmative (I-type).
Third Premise is Universal Affirmative (A-type).
Some rivers are deserts. All deserts are roads.
I + A ⇒ I-type of Conclusion “Some rivers are roads.”
Conclusion I is Converse of it.
