SSC Selection Post 2022 PYQ — Question 90

SSC Selection Post - Higher Secondary Level 2022 - 16 March 2022 - Shift 3 • Reasoning • Q90

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 parcels are crackers.

All crackers are luminous.

No luminous is active.

Conclusions:

I. No cracker is active.

II. No active is parcel.

III. Some luminous are parcels.

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Correct answer: A

Explanation

The correct answer is option 1 i.e. Only conclusions I and III follow.

Conclusions:

I. No cracker is active. - Follows (because All crackers are luminous and no luminous are active. So, No cracker is active too)

II. No active is parcel. - Does not follow (There is no direct relation between parcels and active. So it is possible but not definite)

III. Some luminous are parcels. - Follows (because All crackers are luminous and some parcels are crackers. So, Some luminous are parcels too)