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Statements: Some cows are crows. Some crows are elephants.
Conclusions:
A. Some cows are elephants.
B. All crows are elephants.

Discuss Question

Answer: Option D. -> D
:
D

Option D

Explanation:

Some

cows are

crows.

Some crows are elephants.

Possible conclusions:

Since the middle term is not distributed in both the premises, no conclusion can be framed. Secondly, if both the premises begin with "Some" no conclusion can be reached.
Thus answer option (D) is the correct answer choice.
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Question 52.

Statements: All trucks are flies. Some scooters are flies.
Conclusions:
A. All the trucks are scooters.
B. Some scooters are trucks.

Discuss Question

Answer: Option D. -> D
:
D

Option D

Explanation:

All the

trucks are

flies.

Some scooters are flies.

Since the middle term is not distributed in any of the premises, no possible conclusion can be deduced. Hence, answer option (D) is the correct answer choice.
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Question 53.

Statements: All cups are books. All books are shirts.
Conclusions:
A. Some cups are not shirts.
B. Some shirts are cups.

Discuss Question

Answer: Option B. -> B
:
B

Option B

Explanation:

All

cups are

books.

All books are shirts.

Possible Conclusions:

1. All cups are shirts.

2. Some shirts are not cups.

3. Some shirts are cups.

Thus answer option (B) is the correct answer choice.
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Question 54.

Statements: All buildings are chalks. No chalk is toffee.
Conclusions:
A. No building is toffee
B. All chalks are buildings

Discuss Question

Answer: Option A. -> A
:
A

Option A

Explanation:

All

buildings are

chalks.

No chalk is a toffee.

Possible Conclusions:

1. No building is a toffee.

2. No toffee is a building.

From the above mentioned conclusions, it is evident that answer option (A) is the correct answer choice.
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Question 55.

Statements: Some dogs are bats. Some bats are cats.
Conclusions:
A Some dogs are cats.
B All bats are cats and dogs.

Discuss Question

Answer: Option D. -> D
:
D

Option D

Explanation:

Some

dogs are

bats.

Some bats are cats.

Since both the premises are particular - that is they begin with "some", no possible conclusion can be deduced. Thus answer option (D) is the correct answer choice.
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Question 56.

Statements: Some hens are cows. All the cows are horses.
Conclusions
A. Some horses are hens.
B. Some hens are horses.

Discuss Question

Answer: Option E. -> E
:
E

Option E

Explanation:

1. Some

hens are

cows.

2. All the cows are horses.

Possible Conclusions:

1. Some hens are horses.

2. Some horses are hens.

Since both the conclusions hold true, option (E) is the correct answer choice.
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Question 57.

Statements: All the windows are doors. No door is a wall.
Conclusions:
A. Some windows are walls.
B. No wall is a door.

Discuss Question

Answer: Option B. -> B
:
B

Option B

Explanation:

All the

windows are

doors.

No door is a wall.

Possible conclusions:

1. No window is a wall.

2. No wall is a window.

The above mentioned conclusions do not match either conclusion (A) or (B). However, conclusion (B) is same as the second premise and hence it holds true. Thus answer option (B) is the correct answer choice.
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Question 58.

Statements: Some papers are pens. All the pencils are pens.
Conclusions:
A. Some pens are pencils.
B. Some pens are papers.

Discuss Question

Answer: Option E. -> E
:
E

Option E

Explanation:

1. Some

papers are

pens.

2. All the pencils are pens.

Since the middle term is not distributed, there is no possible conclusion which does not involve the middle term.

However, both the conclusions mentioned in the question are just the original premise being rephrased. So, both of them hold true, thus making answer option (E), the correct answer choice.

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Question 59.

Statements: All the actors are girls. All the girls are beautiful.
Conclusions:
A. All the actors are beautiful.
B. Some girls are actors.

Discuss Question

Answer: Option E. -> E
:
E

Option E

Explanation:

1. All the

actors are

girls.

2. All the girls are beautiful.

Possible Conclusions:

1. All the actors are beautiful.

Both the conclusions hold true. The second premise has just been rephrased to form the second solution. Thus answer option (E) is the correct answer choice.

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