SSC CGL 2024 PYQ — Question 98

SSC CGL - 11 Sep 2024 Shift 2 • Reasoning • Q98

Read the given statements and conclusions carefully. You have to take the given statements to be true even 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 apples are mangoes.

All mangoes are lemons.

All lemons are kiwis.

Conclusions:

(I) All apples are lemons.

(II) All mangoes are kiwis.

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Correct answer: D

Explanation

The correct answer is option 4 i.e. Both conclusions I and II follow.

The least possible Venn diagram is as follows:

 

Conclusions:

(I) All apples are lemons. - Follows (Because All apples are mangoes and All mangoes are lemons, so, All apples are also lemons)

(II) All mangoes are kiwis. - Follows (Because All apples are mangoes and All mangoes are lemons, and All lemons are kiwis, so, All mangoes are also kiwis)