Instructions
In the following questions, one or two statements are given, followed by two conclusions I and II. You have to consider the statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts, You have to decide which of the given conclusions, if any, follows from the given statements.
Question 45
Statements:
All scientists are hard-working. No hard-working man is poor.
Conclusions:
I. No scientist is poor
II. No poor man is a scientist.
Solution
No scientist can be poor because they are all hardworking.
Also, a poor person cannot be a scientist because that would imply that the person has to be hard working, and if hard working then that person becomes rich. This is a contradiction and hence, no poor man is a scientist.
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