ibps-csa 2014 · Question 18 of 196

Statements Some drugs are medicines. No medicine is a treatment. Conclusions I. All treatments being drugs is a possibility. II. All drugs can never be treatments.

Syllogism

AEither conclusion I or II is true.
BOnly conclusion I istrue.
CNeither conclusion I nor II is true.
DOnly conclusion II istrue.
EBoth conclusions I and II are ture.Correct

Answer: E. Both conclusions I and II are ture.

Explanation

Data can be interpreted in Venn diagram form as: All treatments being drugs is a possibility when the set of treatments is a subset of the set of drugs. Thus conclusion 1 is true. We know that some drugs are medicines and no medicine is a treatment. So the medicines which are drugs can never be treatments. So all drugs can never be treatments. Thus conclusion 2 is also true. Hence Option E.

Source: IBPS Clerk CWE paper held 14-12-2014 — solved-paper book excerpt (CollegeDunia) with publisher answer key; sections cross-verified against BankingAdda / FreshersNow / CollegeDekho 14-12-2014 papers · memory-based

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