Question

Instructions (133 to 135): Select the statement which logically follows the two given statements.

Statements:
I All persons who have done any creative work can be responsible critics
II Z has not done any creative work
III Therefore --------------------------

• A. Z can be a responsible critic
• B. Z cannot be a responsible critic
• C. Z can become a responsible critic
• D. Z cannot become a responsible critic

Hint:

Treat creative work as the entry ticket, then check whether Z holds one. Also watch the verb: the premise says "can be", so the conclusion should too.

Answer 1

The Correct Option is B

Step 1: Understanding the Question.
The first statement links creative work to the ability to be a responsible critic. The second says Z has done no creative work. We must pick the conclusion the setter treats as following.

Step 2: Key Formula or Approach.
The intended reading is that creative work is the qualification for being a responsible critic. Under that reading the statement is treated as a two way link: those with creative work qualify, those without it do not. Once Z is placed outside the group of people who have done creative work, Z is placed outside the group of responsible critics as well.

Step 3: Detailed Explanation.
Statement I puts everyone who has done creative work into the set of people who can be responsible critics.
Statement II tells us Z is not in the set of people who have done creative work.
On the setter's reading, the qualification is what makes a responsible critic possible, so a person lacking it is barred. Z therefore cannot be a responsible critic, which is option (B).
The wording matters here. Statement I uses the phrase "can be responsible critics". The conclusion that mirrors it must also use "can be", not "can become".

Step 4: Checking the Wrong Options.
Option (A), Z can be a responsible critic, is what the setter is ruling out, since Z lacks the stated qualification.
Option (C), Z can become a responsible critic, shifts to a future possibility. The statements describe Z's present position, not what Z might achieve later, so this changes the question.
Option (D), Z cannot become a responsible critic, has the right direction but the wrong verb. It denies a future possibility, whereas the premise talks about being, not becoming. Z could always do some creative work later and then qualify, so a permanent ban on becoming is stronger than the data allows.

Step 5: Final Answer.
The conclusion intended is that Z cannot be a responsible critic, so the answer is (B).