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RRB NTPC Graduate Tier 1 2025 Shift-2 📅 05 Jun, 2025

Read the given statements and conclusions carefully. Assuming that the information given in the statements is true, even if it appears to be at variance with commonly known facts, decide which of the given conclusion(s) logically follow(s) from the statements.

Statements:
All cars are buses.
All buses are trucks.
Some buses are ships.

Conclusions:
(I) Some ships are cars.
(II) All trucks are cars.

A
Neither conclusion (I) nor (II) follows.
B
Only conclusion (I) follows.
C
Both conclusions (I) and (II) follow.
D
Only conclusion (II) follows.
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RRB NTPC Graduate Tier 1
2025 • 05 Jun, 2025 • Shift-2
Read the given statements and conclusions carefully. Assuming that the information given in the statements is true, even if it appears to be at variance with commonly known facts, decide which of the given conclusion(s) logically follow(s) from the statements.

Statements:
All cars are buses.
All buses are trucks.
Some buses are ships.

Conclusions:
(I) Some ships are cars.
(II) All trucks are cars.
Correct Answer
Neither conclusion (I) nor (II) follows.
Venn Diagram Structuring: Draw a circle for Cars completely inside a larger circle for Buses. Place the Buses circle completely inside an even larger circle for......
Ref/Book : RRB NTPC Graduate Tier 1 2025
Ref. Subject General Intelligence & Reasoning
Chapter -
Ref. Topic Syllogism
Pg. No -
💡 Analysis & Explanation
Venn Diagram Structuring ▼
Draw a circle for Cars completely inside a larger circle for Buses. Place the Buses circle completely inside an even larger circle for Trucks. Now, draw a circle for Ships that intersects with the Buses circle.
Evaluating Conclusion I ▼
'Some ships are cars.' While Ships intersect with Buses, there is no definitive given information that the Ships circle touches or overlaps the innermost Cars circle. Thus, it is a possibility, but not a logical certainty.
Evaluating Conclusion II ▼
'All trucks are cars.' Looking at the diagram, Cars are a small subset of Trucks. The reverse (all trucks being cars) is clearly false.
Final Verdict ▼
Since neither statement can be conclusively proven from the premises, neither follows.
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