SSC Stenographer 2024 PYQ — Question 197

SSC Stenographer - 10/12/2024 (4:30 PM to 6:30 PM) • Reasoning • Q197

Read the given statements and conclusions carefully. You have to consider the given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts. You have to decide which of the given conclusions logically follow/s from the given statements.
Statements:
Some devices are electronics.
All electronics are mobiles.
No mobile is a phone.
Conclusions:
(I) No phone is a device.
(II) At least some electronics are phones.

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Correct answer: B

Explanation

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

The least possible Venn diagram is shown below: 

Conclusions:
(I) No phone is a device: Does not follow (It is possible but not definite)
(II) At least some electronics are phones: Does not follow (As there is a negative relation between the elements)