Question

DIRECTIONS for questions: Each question consists of five statements followed by options consisting of three statements put together in a specific order. Choose the option which indicates a valid argument, that is, where the third statement is a conclusion drawn from the preceding two statements. Example:
A. All cigarettes are hazardous to health.
B. Brand X is a cigarette.
C. Brand X is hazardous to health.
ABC is a valid option, where statement C can be concluded from statements A and B.

A. Modern industry is technology driven.
B. BTI is a modern industry.
C. BTI is technology driven.
D. BTI may be technology driven.
E. Technology driven industry is modern.

• A. ABC
• B. ABD
• C. BCA
• D. EBC

Hint:

A states a general rule about modern industry, and B puts BTI into that group.

Answer 1

The Correct Option is A

Step 1: Test ABC:
A: modern industry is technology driven. B: BTI is a modern industry. So BTI is technology driven (C). ABC is valid.

Step 2: Test the others:
ABD: A and B actually establish that BTI is technology driven. D only says BTI may be technology driven, a much weaker claim that does not state what the premises prove, so ABD is not the valid argument asked for (ABC is the one whose conclusion is exactly established). BCA: from a fact about one industry we cannot conclude the general statement A. EBC: E says technology driven industry is modern, and B says BTI is modern. Being modern does not make BTI technology driven under E (that would reverse the arrow), so C does not follow from E and B.

Final Answer:
The correct option is (1): ABC