Paper 1 · Logical Reasoning
Statements: All boys are men. All men are fathers. Choose the conclusion(s) that logically follow.
- I. Some men are boys
- II. All boys are fathers
AOnly conclusion I follows
BOnly conclusion II follows
CBoth conclusions I and II follow ✓ Correct
DNeither conclusion I nor II follows
Correct answer: (C) Both conclusions I and II follow — Both conclusions follow, so that is the answer.
Explanation
★Both conclusions follow, so that is the answer.
★All boys are men, so by conversion some men are boys, giving conclusion I.
★All boys are men and all men are fathers, so all boys are fathers, giving conclusion II.
★The chain of universals carries boys through to fathers.
★So both the particular and the universal conclusions hold.
★So both conclusions I and II follow.
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