Direction: In each question below are given some statements followed by some conclusions. You have to take the given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance with commonly known facts. Read all the conclusions and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows/follow from the given statements, disregarding commonly known facts
Statements:
Only a few Cities are Districts.
No Districts is States.
All States are Country.
Conclusions:
I. Some Cities is not Country.
II. All Country being Cities is a possibility.
- AOption (a)
Only conclusion I follows
- BOption (b)
Only conclusion II follows
- COption (c)
Both conclusion I and II follows
- DOption (d)
Either conclusion I or II follows
- EOption (e)
Neither conclusion I nor II follows
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Correct answer
Only conclusion II follows
Why this answer is correct
The least possible diagram for the given statement is as follows,
Conclusions:
I. Some Cities is not Country → False (As there is no direct or negative relation between cities and country, it is possible that some cities can be country. So, some cities is not country is false. Hence, it does not follow)
II. All Country being Cities is a possibility →True (As there is no direct or negative relation between cities and country, all country being cities is a possibility. Hence, it follows)
Thus, Only Conclusion II follows.