SSC CGL 2024 PYQ — Question 91

SSC CGL - 13 Sep 2024 - Shift 3 • Reasoning • Q91

Directions: Read the given statements and conclusions carefully. You have to take the given statements to be true if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts. You have to decide which conclusion(s) logically follow(s) from the given statements.

Statements:

All fruits are sour.
Some sour are vegetables.
Some vegetables are green.

Conclusions:

(I) All vegetables are sour.
(II) Some sour are green.

Show answer & explanation

Correct answer: B

Explanation

The correct answer is option 2 i.e. Neither conclusion (I) nor (II) follows. 

The least possible Venn Diagram for the given statements is shown below:

Conclusions:

(I) All vegetables are sour: Doesn't follow (It is possible but not definite) 

(II) Some sour are green: Doesn't follow (It is possible but not definite as no direct relation between the two is given).