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Direction: Consider the given statement(s) to be true and decide which of the given conclusions/assumptions can definitely be drawn from the given statements.

  1. Statements:
    1. All books are trees.
    2. All trees are lions.
    Conclusions:
    I. All books are lions.
    II. All lions are books.
    III. All trees are books.
    IV. Some lions are books.
    1. Only Conclusions I and III follow
    2. Only Conclusions I and IV follow
    3. None of the Conclusions follows
    4. All Conclusions follow
Correct Option: B

Both the Premises are Universal Affirmative (A-type).
All books are trees. ↔ All trees are lions.
A + A ⇒ A-type of Conclusion “All books are lions”.
This is Conclusion I. Conclusion IV is the Converse of it.
Therefore, Conclusion I and Conclusion IV follow.



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