Question : Directions: Read the given statements and conclusions carefully. You have to take the given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts. You have to decide which conclusions logically follow/s from the given statements.
Statements:
(I) Some editors are journalists.
(II) All journalists are writers.
(III) No writer is a reporter.
Conclusions:
(I) Some writers are editors.
(II) No reporter is a journalist.
Option 1: Only conclusion I follows
Option 2: Only conclusion II follows
Option 3: Both conclusions I and II follow
Option 4: Neither conclusion I nor II follows
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Correct Answer: Both conclusions I and II follow
Solution : According to the given statements, the following Venn diagram can be drawn –
Let's analyse the conclusions –
Conclusion I
: Some writers are editors – From the above Venn diagram, it is clear that the circle of writers intersects the circle of editors and has some common area between them. So, this conclusion follows.
Conclusion II:
No reporter is a journalist – From the above Venn diagram, it is clear that no writer is a reporter and a journalist is the part of a writer. So, this conclusion follows.
So, both conclusions I and II follow. Hence, the third option is correct.
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