LIC AAO 12 May 2013 Paper

Question : 21 of 160

Marks: +1, -0

Statements :
No book is a page.
All pages are markers.
All markers are articles.
Conclusions:
I. All markers can never be books.
II. All books are definitely articles.

if only conclusion I follows.
if only conclusion II follows
if either conclusion I or conclusion II follows.
if neither conclusion I nor conclusion II follows.
if both conclusions I and II follow.

Validate

Solution:

(I) All pages are markers —> Universal Affirmative (A-type).
(II) Some fruits are apples —> Particular Affirmative (I-type).
(Ill) No book is a page —> Universal Negative (E-type).
(iv) Some books arc not pages —> Particular Negative (O-type).
No book Is a page
All pages are markers.
E + A ⇒

O_1

- type of Conclusion"Some markers arc not books." This Conclusion implies that “All markers can never be books."
All pages are markers.
All markers are articles
A + A ⇒ A - type of Conclusion
“All pages arc articles".

Go to Question:

Prev Question

Next Question