Paper 1 · Logical Reasoning
Statements: All magic are women. All women are crazy. Which of the given conclusions follow?
- All magic are crazy
- All crazy are magic
- Some crazy are magic
- Some crazy are women
AOnly 1, 3 and 4 follow ✓ Correct
BOnly 2 and 3 follow
CAll conclusions follow
DNone of the conclusions follow
Correct answer: (A) Only 1, 3 and 4 follow — Conclusions 1, 3 and 4 follow, so that is the answer.
Explanation
★Conclusions 1, 3 and 4 follow, so that is the answer.
★All magic are women and all women are crazy, so all magic are crazy, giving conclusion 1.
★By conversion of that, some crazy are magic, giving conclusion 3.
★All women are crazy converts to some crazy are women, giving conclusion 4.
★Conclusion 2, 'all crazy are magic', is an illicit converse and does not follow.
★So the answer is only 1, 3 and 4 follow.
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