CAT 1999 Question Paper Question 115

Instructions

DIRECTIONS for questions: Each question consists of five statements followed by options consisting of three statements put together in a specific order. Choose the option which indicates a valid argument, that is, where the third statement is a conclusion drawn from the preceding two statements. Example:

A. All cigarettes are hazardous to health.

B. Brand X is a cigarette.

C. Brand X is hazardous to health.

ABC is a valid option, where statement C can be concluded from statements A and B.

Question 115

A. Ant eaters like ants.

B. Boys are ant eaters.

C. Balaram is an ant eater.

D. Balaram likes ants.

E. Balaram may eat ants.

Solution

Option A: DCA

A cannot be inferred from D and C.

Option B: ADC

Ant eaters like ants and Balaram likes ants. From this, we cannot say that Balaram is an anteater.

But, from A and C, we can infer D.

Hence, ACD is the answer => Option D.



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