SSC Selection Post 2022 PYQ — Question 78

SSC Selection Post - Higher Secondary Level 2022 - 16 March 2022 - Shift 3 • Reasoning • Q78

Read the given statements and conclusions carefully. Assuming that the information given in the statements is true, even if it appears to be at variance with commonly known facts, decide which of the given conclusions logically follow(s) from the statements. 

Statement :

All computers are hard-drives.

No hard-drive is a compact-disc.

Conclusions:

I. Some hard-drives are computers.

II. No computer is a compact-disc.

Show answer & explanation

Correct answer: B

Explanation

The correct answer is option 2 i.e. Both conclusions I and II follow.

Conclusions:

I. Some hard-drives are computers. - Follows (because All computers are hard-drives. So, Some hard-drives are computers too)

II. No computer is a compact-disc. - Follows (because All computers are hard-drives and No hard-drive is a compact-disc. So, No computer is a compact-disc too)