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Logical Reasoning(SBI-CL) Syllogism

In question, some statements are given, followed by two conclusions I and II. You have to consider the statements to be true, even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts. You have to decide which of the given conclusions, if any, follow from the given statements. Indicate your answer.

Statements:

Some SRKs are actors.

All actresses are actors.

No actor is musician.

Conclusions: I. Some SRKs are actresses. II. All musicians being actresses is a possibility. III. No SRK is an actress. IV. Some actors not being SRK is a possibility.

Only C2 follows

Either C1 or C3 and C2 and C4 follow

Only C2 and C4 follow

All follow

None of these

Explanation:

Checking C1 and C3: ‘Some SRKs are actresses’ and ‘No SRK is an actress.’
In S1 and S2, we can observe that the middle term ‘actors’ is not distributed even once, a definite
conclusion can’t be derived between these two. And C1 is an I type statement and C2 is an E type
statement, they both form a complementary pair (E + I combination).
Therefore, either C1 or C3 follows.
Checking C2: All musicians being actresses is a possibility.
From S2 and S3,
All actresses are actors + No actor is musician = No actress is a musician.
Clearly, there is no possibility that exists between ‘actress’ and ‘musician’.
C2 hence doesn’t follow.
Checking C4: Some actors not being SRK is a possibility.
From S1,
Some SRKs are actors.
Converse of it = Some actors are SRK.
Now, if some actors are SRK, what are the other actors? They could be either SRK too or they could not
be SRK.
Following the latter notion, we can say that ‘Some actors not being SRK’ is a possibility.
C4 hence follows.
Evidently, either C1 or C3 and C4 follow.
Clearly, none of these (option E) is the correct answer.