Question

Given statements:
1. Some students love reading.
2. Some adults do not love reading.
3. Some students are not adult.
4. Some students are adult.
5. No reading lover is an adult.
6. Some men do not love reading.
The set of statements is: 
 

• A. 1, 3, 4
• B. 1, 5, 3
• C. 1, 2, 4
• D. 6, 2, 4

Hint:

When matching a set of statements, look for consistent categories (e.g., all three involve “students”, “adults”, and “reading lovers” in a compatible way). Avoid options with unrelated subject classes.

Answer 1

The Correct Option is B

Here, the problem asks to identify the correct grouping that logically matches the intended set. The correct set given in the answer key is (B) — statements 1, 5, and 3. Reasoning: - (1) “Some students love reading” — a positive particular statement about students. - (5) “No reading lover is an adult” — a universal negative linking reading lovers and adults. - (3) “Some students are not adult” — a particular negative about students and adults. This grouping is consistent with a logical scenario where: (i) Some students are reading lovers, (ii) Reading lovers are not adults, (iii) Some students are not adults (possibly same as the reading lovers). Other options either mix categories not logically connected in the set (e.g., men, which is irrelevant here) or introduce statements that break the assumed relationship.

Answer 2

The question gives six statements and asks which group of three forms a logically connected set, where two statements combine to justify or entail the third. Let's examine each option using the standard rules for combining "Some" and "No" statements:

1. 1, 3, 4 (Some students love reading; Some students are not adult; Some students are adult): Statements 3 and 4 can both be true at the same time about different students, but neither is derived from statement 1, and none of the three follows logically from combining the other two. There is no valid chain connecting them.
2. 1, 5, 3 (Some students love reading; No reading lover is an adult; Some students are not adult): Statement 1 says some students belong to the "reading lovers" group. Statement 5 says the "reading lovers" group and the "adult" group have no overlap at all. Combining a "some students are X" statement with a "no X is Y" statement validly yields "some students are not Y", which is exactly statement 3. This is a standard, valid syllogistic pattern, where the middle term "reading lover" links "students" to "not adult".
3. 1, 2, 4 (Some students love reading; Some adults do not love reading; Some students are adult): These three statements can all hold true independently, but there is no shared middle term that lets any two of them logically produce the third; "adults not loving reading" and "students loving reading" do not connect to "some students are adult" through a valid rule.
4. 6, 2, 4 (Some men do not love reading; Some adults do not love reading; Some students are adult): This set mixes three different groups, men, adults, and students, without any statement that bridges "men" to either "adults" or "students", so no valid logical link exists between them.

Only the second grouping forms a valid logical chain, where "Some students love reading" and "No reading lover is an adult" together necessarily produce "Some students are not adult".

Therefore, the correct answer is 1, 5, 3.

Answer 3

Each option offers three statements, and we need the group where two of the statements can be drawn as a single consistent picture that automatically produces the third. Thinking of each category, students, adults, reading lovers, as a circle, and checking whether the circles for each option can be drawn consistently:

1. 1, 3, 4 (Some students love reading; Some students are not adult; Some students are adult): Statements 3 and 4 both describe the student circle overlapping partly with, and partly outside, the adult circle, which is possible to draw, but statement 1 involves a separate reading-lover circle that isn't shown to connect to the adult circle in any way here, so no single drawing forces one statement from the other two.
2. 1, 5, 3 (Some students love reading; No reading lover is an adult; Some students are not adult): Drawing this out, the student circle overlaps partly with the reading-lover circle, statement 1, and the reading-lover circle is drawn entirely outside the adult circle, statement 5. Since the overlapping region of students-who-love-reading is entirely inside the reading-lover circle, it must also lie entirely outside the adult circle, which is exactly statement 3. This is one consistent picture where the third statement is forced by the first two.
3. 1, 2, 4 (Some students love reading; Some adults do not love reading; Some students are adult): These three circles, students, adults, reading lovers, can each be drawn to satisfy their own statement individually, but no single arrangement of the circles forces any one statement to follow from the other two.
4. 6, 2, 4 (Some men do not love reading; Some adults do not love reading; Some students are adult): This introduces a fourth circle, men, that has no drawn connection to the student or adult circles at all, so there is no way to connect all three statements into one forced picture.

Only the second grouping can be drawn as one consistent diagram where the overlap of two circles is forced entirely outside a third, making the third statement a direct consequence of the first two.

Therefore, the correct answer is 1, 5, 3.