Below these are five statements followed by options consisting of three statements put together in a specific order, choose the option which indicates a conclusion drawn from the preceding two statements.
(A) Teachers are in great demand
(B) Shashi and Manshi are in great demand
(C) Shashi is in great demand
(D) Manshi is in great demand
(E) Shashi and Manshi are teachers
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → (A), (E), (B)
In each option, the first two statements are the premises and the third is the conclusion. The conclusion is valid only if it must be true whenever both premises are true.
(A) Teachers are in great demand.
(E) Shashi and Manshi are teachers.
So (B) Shashi and Manshi, being teachers, are in great demand.
Why the other options are incorrect
Option (1) (A), (B), (E) — Incorrect. Being in demand like teachers does not make someone a teacher.
Option (3) (E), (B), (A) — Incorrect. Two teachers in demand say nothing about all teachers.
Option (4) (E), (C), (D) — Incorrect. Shashi being in demand says nothing about Manshi.