Paper 1 · Logical Reasoning
Statement: Necessity is the mother of all inventions. Choose the conclusion(s) that are implied.
- I. There can be no invention without there being a mother
- II. Mother is a necessity
AOnly conclusion I follows
BOnly conclusion II follows
CBoth conclusions I and II follow
DNeither conclusion I nor II follows ✓ Correct
Correct answer: (D) Neither conclusion I nor II follows — Neither conclusion is implied, so that is the answer.
Explanation
★Neither conclusion is implied, so that is the answer.
★'Mother of all inventions' is a metaphor, not a literal claim about mothers.
★So conclusion I misreads the metaphor literally and does not follow.
★Conclusion II reverses the saying into 'mother is a necessity', which is not asserted.
★The proverb only says necessity drives invention.
★So neither conclusion is implied.
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