Direction: In each of the following questions, three statements are given followed by two/four conclusions I, II, III and IV. You have to consider the three 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.
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Statements:
A. All clerks are superintendents.
B. All superintendents are managers.
C. All managers are supervisors.
Conclusions:
I. All supervisors are clerks.
II. Some clerks are supervisors.
III. Some managers are clerks.
IV. All superintendents are clerks.
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- Only conclusion I
- Only conclusion II
- Only conclusion III
- Only conclusion IV
- Non of these
- Only conclusion I
Correct Option: E
All the three Premises are Universal Affirmative (A - type)
All clerks are superintendents. ↔ All superintendents are managers.
A + A ⇒ A – type of Conclusion ‘‘All clerks are managers.’’
Conclusion III is Converse of it.
All clerks are managers. ↔ All managers are supervisors.
A + A ⇒ A – type of Conclusion ‘‘All clerk are supervisors.’’
Conclusions II is its Implication.
All superintendents are managers. ↔ All managers are supervisors.
A + A ⇒ A – type of Conclusion ‘‘All superintendents are supervisors.’’
Conclusions II and III follow
