Statements: All cars are Jeeps. All Jeeps are four-wheelers. Conclusions: (1) All four-wheelers are cars. (2) Some four-wheelers are Jeeps. Which conclusion(s) follow?
ANeither conclusion follows
BOnly conclusion 2 follows
CAll the conclusions follow
DOnly conclusion 1 follows
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. Only conclusion 2 follows
1. All Jeeps are four-wheelers, so Jeeps are a part of four-wheelers, making 'some four-wheelers are Jeeps' valid.
2. Conclusion 1 over-generalises, since not every four-wheeler need be a car.
3. So only conclusion 2 follows.
_Source: RRB Group D CEN-02/2018 PYQ, Q.67._
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