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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 oranges are apples.

All lemons are apples.

No apple is guava.

Conclusions : I. Some oranges are lemons. II. All guavas being lemon is a possibility. III. No orange is a lemon

Only C3 follows

Either C1 or C3 follows

Only C2 and C3 follow

All follow

None of these

Explanation:

Checking C1 and C3:
‘Some oranges are lemons’ and ‘No orange is a lemons.’
In S1 and S2, we can observe that the middle term ‘lemons’ 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 guavas being lemons is a possibility

From S2 and S3,
All lemons are apples + No apple is guava = No lemon is a guava.
Clearly, there is no possibility that exists between ‘guava’ and 'lemon’.
C2 hence doesn’t follow.
Evidently, either C1 or C3 follows.
Clearly, option B is the correct answer.