Paper 1 · Logical Reasoning
Statements: All teaks are tables. Some tables are golden. Choose the conclusion(s) that logically follow.
- I. Some teaks are golden
- II. Some golden things are teak
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 follows, so that is the answer.
Explanation
★Neither conclusion follows, so that is the answer.
★The middle term 'tables' is undistributed in both premises.
★'Some tables are golden' does not tell us which tables are golden.
★So teaks, though all tables, need not be among the golden ones.
★Hence neither a link from teaks to golden can be drawn, nor its converse.
★So neither conclusion follows.
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