Direction: Consider the given statements to be true and decide which of the given Conclusions/assumptions can definitely be drawn from the given statements.
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Statements:
I. Some bags are pockets.
II. No pocket is a pouch.
Conclusions:
I. Some bags are not pouches.
II. Some pockets are bags.
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- Only Conclusion I follows
- Only Conclusion II follows
- Both Conclusion I and Conclusion II follow
- Neither Conclusion I nor Conclusion II follows
Correct Option: C
First Premise is Particular Affirmative (I–type).
Second Premise is Universal Negative (E–type).
Some bags are pockets. ↔ No pocket is a pouch.
I + E ⇒ O–type of Conclusion “Some bags are not pouches.”
This is Conclusion I.
Conclusion II is Converse of the first Premise.
