Instructions

DIRECTIONS for questions: Each question has a set of four statements. Each statement has three segments. Choose the alternative where the third segment in the statement can be logically deduced using both the preceding two, but not just from one of them.

Question 124

A. No cowboys laugh. Some who laugh are sphinxes. Some sphinxes are not cowboys.

B. All ghosts are fluorescent. Some ghosts do not sing. Some singers are not fluorescent.

C. Cricketers indulge in swearing. Those who swear are hanged. Some who are hanged are not cricketers.

D. Some crazy people are pianists. All crazy people are whistlers. Some whistlers are pianists.

Solution

Consider A: Some sphinxes laugh. No cowboy laughs => Some sphinxes are definitely not cowboys.

So, it will be either option a) or c).

Consider D: All crazy people are whistlers. Some crazy people are pianists. So, the crazy people who are pianists are also whistlers => Some whistlers are pianists.

So, option c) is the correct answer.


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