Statements & Conclusions · Question 20 · Easy

Statements & Conclusions question 20

Statement: Smoking is prohibited inside the hospital premises.
Conclusions:
I. Nobody has ever smoked inside the hospital premises.
II. Smoking is allowed everywhere outside the hospital premises.
Which of the conclusions logically follow(s) from the statement?

  1. Only conclusion I follows
  2. Only conclusion II follows
  3. Both I and II follow
  4. Neither I nor II follows
Answer and explanation

Answer: D. Neither I nor II follows

Explanation: A prohibition does not prove nobody has ever broken it, so I does not follow. The statement says nothing about places outside the hospital, so II does not follow either.

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