Below are given three statements a, b and c followed by four conclusions. You have to take the given statements to be true even if they appear to be at variance with commonly, known facts, and then decide which of the conclusionslogically follow(s) from the given statements. For each question, mark out an appropriate answer choice that you think is correct.
Statements :
a. some colleges are hospitals.
b. All hospitals are medicines.
c. Some medicines are machines.
Conclusions :
I. All hospitals are medicines.
II. Some colleges are medicines.
III. Some colleges are machines.
IV. Some colleges are not machines.
Solution
Testing each of the options:
1. All hospitals are medicines: This is directly given in the question.
2. Some colleges are medicines: We know that some colleges are hospitals, and all hospitals are medicines. Hence, the colleges which are hospitals are definitely medicines.
3 and 4: We don't have any relation given between colleges and machines. Hence, either of the statements shall hold true.
