Question

Statements:
1. All advocates are readers.
2. Some readers are writers.
3. No writer is careless.
Conclusions:
I. Some advocates are writers.
II. No advocate is careless.
III. Some readers are not careless.

• A. Only I follows
• B. Only III follows
• C. Only II and III follow
• D. Only I and III follow

Hint:

In Syllogisms, a conclusion is only "True" if it holds in every possible diagram. If you can draw even one diagram where a conclusion fails, that conclusion does not follow.

Answer 1

The Correct Option is B

Step 1: Analyse Conclusion III using Statements 2 and 3.
Statement (2) says some readers are writers; Statement (3) says no writer is careless; combining: those readers who are writers are definitely not careless, so some readers are not careless - Conclusion III is TRUE.
Step 2: Analyse Conclusion I.
All advocates are readers (1), but only SOME readers are writers (2); we cannot guarantee that any advocate is a writer - Conclusion I does NOT follow.
Step 3: Analyse Conclusion II.
Even though no writer is careless, advocates who are not writers could still be careless; we cannot conclude that no advocate is careless - Conclusion II does NOT follow.
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