Instructions

In each of the question below are given four statements followed by three conclusions numbered I, II III You have to take the given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts Read all the conclusions and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from three given statements disregarding commonly known facts.

Question 138

Statement:All spoons are bowls.
All bowls are pans.
All pans are sticks.
All sticks are knives.
Conclusions:I.Some knives are pans.
II.Some sticks are bowls.
III.Some pans are spoons.

Solution

The Venn diagram for the syllogism is as shown below:

When we have subsets like those shown in the diagram, it is fair to say that some of the elements of the subset are elements of the super set and vice versa. So,

Atleast some knives are pans and
Atleast some sticks are bowls and
Atleast some pans are spoons.


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