SSC CHSL 2023 PYQ — Question 86

SSC CHSL - 14 Aug 2023 - Shift 1 • Reasoning • Q86

In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.

All the housewives who went to the Kalpatharu Supermarket in Bengaluru had one great ambition: to be the lucky customer who did not have to pay for her (1)________ . For this was what that notice just inside the entrance promised. It said: ‘Remember, once a week, one of our customers gets free goods. This may be your (2)________ day!’ For several weeks Mrs. Batliwala hoped, like many of her friends, to be the lucky (3)________ . Unlike her friends she never gave up hope. Her kitchen was full of things which she did not need. She dreamed of the day when the manager of the supermarket would approach her and say “Madam, this is your lucky day. (4)________ in your basket is free.” On Saturday morning, Mrs. Batliwala went to the supermarket and bought only tea. She went to the cash desk when the manager of the supermarket come up to her and said. “You are our lucky customer and everything in your basket is (5)________ !”

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.

Statements:

Some buses are motorbikes.

All motorbikes are vans

All buses are cars.

Conclusions:

(I) Some cars are vans

(II) Some vans are buses.

(III) Some vans are motorbikes

Show answer & explanation

Correct answer: B

Explanation

The correct answer is option 2 i.e. All conclusions I, II and III follow.

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Conclusions:

(I) Some cars are vans → Follows (Because all buses are cars, some buses are motorbikes and all motorbikes are vans. So, some cars are vans too)

(II) Some vans are buses → Follows (Because some buses are motorbikes and all motorbikes are vans. So, some vans are buses too)

(III) Some vans are motorbikes → Follows (Because all motorbikes are vans. So, some vans are motorbikes too)