Statements: Some Penguins are Peacocks. All Peacocks are Snakes. Which conclusion follows? 1: Some penguins are snakes. 2: No peacock is a penguin.
AEither 1 or 2 follows
BOnly 2 follows
CNeither 1 nor 2 follows
DOnly 1 follows
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. Only 1 follows
1. Some penguins are peacocks and all peacocks are snakes, so those penguins are snakes, meaning some penguins are snakes (1 follows).
2. Conclusion 2 contradicts the premise that some penguins are peacocks, so it cannot follow.
3. Hence only conclusion 1 follows.
_Source: RRB Group D CEN-02/2018 PYQ, Q.31._
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