Target Exam

CUET

Subject

General Aptitude Test

Chapter

Verbal Reasoning

Topic

Syllogism

Question:

Look at the statement and mark the correct answer on the conclusions that follows:

Statements:
A. Shubham is my cousin.
B. A cousin may be a aunt's son, uncle's son or son of parent's step-siblings.

Conclusions:
(I) Shubham is my sisters son.
(II) Shubham is my uncle's son.

Options:

Only conclusion I follows.

Only conclusion II follows.

Both conclusion I and II follows.

Neither conclusion I nor II follows.

Correct Answer:

Neither conclusion I nor II follows.

Explanation:

The correct answer is Option (4) → Neither conclusion I nor II follows.

Analysis of the Statements

  • Statement A: Establishes that Shubham is your cousin.

  • Statement B: Defines the "pool" of possibilities for what a cousin can be (Aunt's son, Uncle's son, or Step-sibling's son).

Evaluating the Conclusions

  1. Conclusion (I): Shubham is my sister's son.  This is logically impossible based on the provided statements. A "sister's son" is a nephew, not a cousin. Therefore, this contradicts Statement A.

  2. Conclusion (II): Shubham is my uncle's son. While Statement B says a cousin may be an uncle's son, it is not the only possibility. Shubham could just as easily be your aunt's son or your parent's step-sibling's son.Because we cannot be certain which specific relationship Shubham has to you, this conclusion is a possibility, but not a logical certainty.

Conclusion:Since Conclusion I is factually incorrect regarding the definition of a cousin, and Conclusion II is only one of several possibilities (and thus not definitively true), neither conclusion follows.