Paper 1 · Logical Reasoning
'This worker is a graduate. No one else in the factory is a graduate.' What follows?
AAll workers in the factory are graduates
BEverybody in the factory has a graduation certificate
CSome factory workers have higher qualification
DOnly one worker in the factory is a graduate ✓ Correct
Correct answer: (D) Only one worker in the factory is a graduate — 'Only one worker in the factory is a graduate' follows, so that is the answer.
Explanation
★'Only one worker in the factory is a graduate' follows, so that is the answer.
★One worker is a graduate and no one else in the factory is.
★So exactly one graduate works in that factory.
★It does not follow that all or even several are graduates.
★The premises together fix the number of graduates at one.
★So the answer is that only one worker in the factory is a graduate.
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