SSC CHSL 2023 PYQ — Question 96

SSC CHSL - 04 Aug 2023 - Shift 4 • Reasoning • Q96

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:

Some books are horses.

All horses are animals.

Some animals are oceans.

Conclusion (I): Some horses are oceans.

Conclusion (II): Some animals are books.

Show answer & explanation

Correct answer: C

Explanation

The correct answer is option 3 i.e. Only conclusion (II) is true.

The Possible Venn Diagram will be :

Conclusions:

(I): Some horses are oceans. ⇒ False (It is possible but not definite)

(II): Some animals are books. ⇒ True (As some books are horses and All horses are animals so some animals are books.)

Hence, Only conclusion (II) is true is the correct answer.