Read the Conclusions and then decide which of the given conclusion logically follows the given two statements, disregarding the known facts.
Statements:
Some Books are Parks.
Some Parks are Festival.
No Festival is Bank.
Conclusions:
(I) Some Books are Bank.
(II) Some Parks are not Bank.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → only conclusion II follows
A “some” statement makes two circles overlap, and a “no” statement keeps two circles apart. Here Books overlap Parks, Parks overlap Festival, and Festival is kept apart from Bank.
Conclusion (I): Some Books are Bank. Does not follow. No statement links Books with Bank, so the two circles may or may not meet.
Conclusion (II): Some Parks are not Bank. Follows. The Parks that are Festival (the shaded part) can never be Bank, because no Festival is Bank.