In question some statements are given followed by two conclusions I and II You have to consider the ...........

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:

No newspaper is magazine.

Not a single magazine is book.

Every book is story.

Conclusions: I. Some stories which are books are newspapers as well. II. No newspaper is a book. III. Some stories are not magazines.

Only C3 follows

Either C1 or C2 follows

Only C2 and C3 follow

All follow

None of these.

Explanation:

Checking C1:
Some stories which are books are newspapers as well.
If we observe the given statements, we can find that in Statement 1 and 2, the middle term ‘magazine’
is distributed twice and therefore even after conversing either of the sentence we won’t be able to find
a definite conclusion out of these two. Therefore, we can’t derive a definite relationship between
‘book’ and ‘newspaper’.
C1 hence doesn’t follow.
Checking C2:
No newspaper is a book.
Following the logic explained above, we can clearly say that C2 doesn’t follow either.
Checking C3:
Some stories are not magazines.
From S2 and S3,
Not a single magazine is book (E) + Every book is story (A) = Some stories are not magazines.
Clearly, C3 follows.
Among all, only C3 follows.
Option A is hence the correct answer.