In the question below are given two statements followed by two conclusions numbered I and II. You have to take the given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance with commonly known facts. Read all the conclusions and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the given statements disregarding commonly known facts. Statements: I. All truth are sour II. Some sour are not sweet Conclusions: I. Some truth being sweet is a possibility II. Some sour being truth is a possibility
In the question below are given two statements followed by two conclusions numbered I and II. You have to take the given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance with commonly known facts. Read all the conclusions and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the given statements disregarding commonly known facts. Statements: I. All truth are sour II. Some sour are not sweet Conclusions: I. Some truth being sweet is a possibility II. Some sour being truth is a possibility Correct Answer Only conclusion I follows
The least possible Venn diagram for the given statements is as follows,
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I. Some truth being sweet is a possibility → True (It can be possible)
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II. Some sour being truth is a possibility → False (‘Some sour is truth’ is definite from the statement ‘All truth are sour’. Hence, it can’t form a possibility case)
Hence, only conclusion I follows.