In the question below, there are two statements followed by two conclusions. You have to take the given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance with commonly known facts and then decide which of the given conclusion logically follow(s) from the given statements. Statements : All horses are buffaloes. All buffaloes are grass. Conclusions : I. All horses are grass. II. All grass are horses.

In the question below, there are two statements followed by two conclusions. You have to take the given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance with commonly known facts and then decide which of the given conclusion logically follow(s) from the given statements. Statements : All horses are buffaloes. All buffaloes are grass. Conclusions : I. All horses are grass. II. All grass are horses. Correct Answer If only conclusion I follows

The least possible Venn diagram for the given statements is as below,

Conclusions:

1. All horses are grass → True (It is clear that all the horses are buffaloes and all the buffaloes are grass so all horses are grass is a definite conclusion).

2. All grass are horses → False (It is possible but not definite).

Hence, the correct answer is "If only conclusion I follows".

Additional Information

Suppose for an Example: All A are B.

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If we go from In to Out means from A to B then cases with All and some will be true like All A are B and Some A are B.

But if we go Out to In then only cases with Some will be true and All will be can't say like Some B are A will be true but All B are A will be can't say.

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