Answer the following question by carefully analysing the given statements and conclusions.
Statements:
I. Every minister is a student.
II. Every student is inexperienced.
Conclusions:
I. Every minister is inexperienced.
II. Some inexperienced people are students.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → Both conclusions I and II follow
Draw the statements as circles: every minister is a student, so the ministers circle lies inside the students circle; every student is inexperienced, so the students circle lies inside the inexperienced circle. A conclusion follows only if it is true in every diagram that fits the statements.
Conclusion I (Every minister is inexperienced) follows: ministers lie inside students, and students inside the inexperienced, so every minister lies inside the inexperienced circle.
Conclusion II (Some inexperienced people are students) follows: all students are inexperienced, so the students are some of the inexperienced people. An “all” statement turned round always gives a “some” statement.