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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)?

  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: 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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