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. All Golmal islanders are blue coloured people.
B. Some smart people are not blue coloured people.
C. Some babies are blue coloured.
D. Some babies are smart.
E. Some smart people are not Golmal islanders.

• A. BCD
• B. CBD
• C. ABE
• D. None of the above

Hint:

Take the smart people who are not blue. Can they be Golmal islanders, given that all Golmal islanders are blue?

Answer 1

The Correct Option is C

Step 1: Test ABE:
A: every Golmal islander is blue. B: some smart people are not blue. Such a smart person cannot be a Golmal islander (a Golmal islander would be blue). So some smart people are not Golmal islanders, which is E. ABE is valid.

Step 2: Test BCD and CBD:
BCD and CBD both try to conclude that some babies are smart (D) from 'some smart people are not blue' and 'some babies are blue'. The blue babies and the non-blue smart people are different groups, so there is no link. Neither is valid.

Step 3: Option 4:
Since ABE is valid, 'None of the above' is wrong.

Final Answer:
The correct option is (3): ABE