Railways PYQCBT 1 2020

RRB NTPC · Question 86

Read the given statements and conclusions carefully. Assuming that the information given in the statements is true, even if it appears to be at variance with commonly known facts, decide which of the given conclusions logically follow(s) from the statements. Statements: 1. Some dolls are plants. 2. Some plants are books. Conclusions: 1. Some dolls are books. 2. No book is a plant.

  1. Neither conclusion 1 nor conclusion 2 follows.

  2. Only conclusion 1 follows.

  3. Only conclusion 2 follows.

  4. Both conclusion 1 and conclusion 2 follow.

Show answer & explanation

Answer: (A) Neither conclusion 1 nor conclusion 2 follows.

Explanation

Two 'some' statements linked through plants give no definite relation between dolls and books, and 'No book is a plant' contradicts statement 2. Neither follows.