Question

Statements:
1. All advocates are readers.
2. Some readers are writers.
3. No writer is careless.
Conclusions:
I. Some advocates are writers.
II. No advocate is careless.
III. Some readers are not careless.

• A. Only I follows
• B. Only III follows
• C. Only II and III follow
• D. Only I and III follow

Hint:

In Syllogisms, a conclusion is only "True" if it holds in every possible diagram. If you can draw even one diagram where a conclusion fails, that conclusion does not follow.

Answer 1

The Correct Option is B

Concept: Syllogism problems are best analyzed using Venn Diagrams to check the "definite" truth of the conclusions across all possible scenarios.

Step 1: Analyzing Conclusion I and II.
"Some advocates are writers" is

not necessarily true. Advocates are inside Readers, and Writers overlap with Readers. There is no direct connection established between Advocates and Writers. Similarly, since we don't know if Advocates are Writers, we cannot definitely say "No advocate is careless."

Step 2: Analyzing Conclusion III.
"Some readers are not careless" is

definitely true. We know that "Some readers are writers" and "No writer is careless." Therefore, the readers who are writers can never be careless. This specific subset of readers guarantees that the conclusion "Some readers are not careless" always follows.