Question
Logical Reasoning Question on Syllogisms
In the following questions two statements are given and these statements are followed by two conclusions numbered (1) and (2). You have to take the given two statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts. Read the conclusions and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the two given statements, disregarding commonly known facts.
Statement :
I. All Actors are Musicians.
II. No Musician is a Singer.
III. Some Singers are Dancers.
IV. Some dancers are Musicians.
Conclusions :
I : Some Actors are Singers
II : Some Dancers are Actors
III : No Actor is a Singer
Only (1) conclusion follows
Only (2) conclusion follows
Either (1) or (2) follows
Neither (1) nor (2) follows
Only (2) conclusion follows
Solution
The correct option is (B) : Only (2) conclusion follows.