Direction: Consider the given statement(s) to be true and decide which of the given Conclusions assumptions can definitely be drawn from the given statement.
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Statements:
1. All fish are tortoise.
2. No tortoise is a crocodile.
Conclusions:
I. No crocodile is a fish.
II. No fish is a crocodile
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- Only conclusion I follows
- Only conclusion II follows
- Both conclusions I and II follow
- Neither conclusion I nor II follows
Correct Option: C
First Premise is Universal Affirmative (A-type).
Second Premise is Universal Negative (E-type).
All fish are tortoise. ↔ No tortoise is a crocodile.
A + E ⇒ E - type of Conclusion “No fish is a crocodile”.
This is Conclusion II.
Conclusion I is Converse of it.
