Instruction: Below mentioned are statements followed by some conclusions. You have to take the given statements to be true even i…

Question

Instruction: Below mentioned are statements followed by some conclusions. You have to take the given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from the commonly known facts.

Statements:

Some fruits are vegetables

Some vegetables are leafy vegetables

No leafy vegetable is a fruit

Conclusions:

I) All fruits are leafy vegetables

II) No fruit is a leafy vegetable

1. A. Only II follows (Correct answer)
2. B. Only I follows
3. C. Both I and II follow
4. D. None of the conclusions follow

Correct Answer

Option A — Only II follows

Detailed Solution & Explanation

The correct answer is Only II follows.

Key Points

• Given: Some fruits are vegetables.
• Some vegetables are leafy vegetables.
• No leafy vegetable is a fruit (directly stated).
• Conclusion I: All fruits are leafy vegetables -- This contradicts "No leafy vegetable is a fruit." FALSE.
• Conclusion II: No fruit is a leafy vegetable -- This directly follows from the statement "No leafy vegetable is a fruit" (they are mutually exclusive). TRUE.
• Therefore only Conclusion II follows.