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Syllogisms question 7
Statements:
All teachers are graduates.
Some graduates are engineers.
No engineer is a doctor.
Conclusions:
I. Some teachers are engineers.
II. Some graduates are not doctors.
Assuming the statements to be true, which conclusion(s) logically follow(s)?
- Only conclusion I follows
- Only conclusion II follows
- Both I and II follow
- Neither I nor II follows
Answer and explanation
Answer: B. Only conclusion II follows
Explanation: The graduates who are engineers cannot be doctors, so some graduates are not doctors (II follows). Teachers need not overlap the engineer part of graduates, so I does not follow.
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