Direction: In each of the following questions, two/four statements are given followed by two/four conclusions I, II, III and IV. You have to consider the statements to be true even it 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 apples are bananas.
b. All bananas are sweet.
Conclusions:
I. Some apples are sweet.
II. Some bananas are apples.
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- Conclusion I follows.
- Conclusion II follows.
- Either conclusion I or II follows.
- Both conclusions I and II follow.
Correct Option: D
(i) All apples are bananas → Universal Affirmative (A-type).
(ii) Some apples are sweet → Particular Affirmative (I-type).
(iii) No apple is banana → Universal Negative (E-type)
(iv) Some apples are not bananas → Particular Negative (O-type)
All apples are bananas. ↔ All bananas are sweet.
A + A ⇒ A – type of Conclusion “All apples are sweet.”
Conclusion I is the Implication of it.
Conclusion II is Converse of the first Premise.
