Question

Statements: some clothes are marbles. Some marbles are bags. Conclusions: (i)no cloth is a bag. (ii)all marbles are bags. (iii)some bags are clothes. (iv) no marble is a cloth.

a. Only either i or iv follows

b. Only either i or ii follows

c. Only either i or iii follows

d. None follows explanation : since both the premises are particular, no definite conclusion follows.However, i and iii involve only the extreme terms and form a complementary pair. Thus, either i or iii follows.

Answer 1

Only iii is the answer