Railways PYQCBT 1 2016

RRB NTPC · Question 53

Statements followed by some conclusions are given below. Statements: 1. Tea is green, Coffee is brown and milk is white. 2. More than half of the town likes tea. 3. People who like white don’t like green and some people who like brown don’t like white. Conclusions: I. Green is more popular in the town. II. There is at least one coffee drinker who does not like tea. Find which of the given conclusions logically follows from the given statements. A. Only conclusion I follows. B. Only conclusion II follows. C. Both I and II follow. D. Neither I nor II follows.

  1. D

  2. A

  3. C

  4. B

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Answer: (B) A

Explanation

Tea is green, and more than half the town likes tea, so green is the most popular choice; conclusion I follows. Statement 3 only says some people who like brown (coffee) don't like white (milk). It says nothing about coffee drinkers disliking tea, so conclusion II does not follow.