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Railways PYQCBT 1 2016

RRB NTPC · Question 34

A statement and its two conclusions - I and II are given. You have to follow the given statements is correct even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts. Statement: All belts are hot. All bolts are hot. Conclusions: I. At least some belts are bolts. II. All hot are belts. Decide which of the following options logically follows from the given conclusions. A. Only conclusion I follow. B. Only conclusion II follows. C. Both conclusions I and II follow. D. Neither conclusion I nor conclusion II follows.

  1. A

  2. C

  3. D

  4. B

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Answer: (C) D

Explanation

Belts and bolts are both inside 'hot', but nothing says they overlap (I fails), and 'all belts are hot' cannot be reversed to 'all hot are belts' (II fails). Neither follows.