Quiz: Logical Deduction - Section 2

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Number of Questions: 11

Question: 11 -

Statements: Some clothes are marbles. Some marbles are bags.

Conclusions:

  1. No cloth is a bag.
  2. All marbles are bags.
  3. Some bags are clothes.
  4. No marble is a cloth.

Options:
  1. Only either I or III follows

  2. None follows

  3. Only either I or IV follows

  4. Only either I or II follows

  5. Answer:

    Only either I or III follows

    Solution:

    Since both the premises are particular, no definite conclusion follows. However, I and III involve only the extreme terms and form a complementary pair. Thus, either I or III follows.