{"id":59732,"date":"2024-04-16T01:42:26","date_gmt":"2024-04-16T01:42:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/?p=59732"},"modified":"2024-04-16T01:42:26","modified_gmt":"2024-04-16T01:42:26","slug":"statements-no-man-is-a-donkey-rahul-is-a-man-conclusions-i-rahul-is-not-a-donkey-ii-all-men-are-not-rahul","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/statements-no-man-is-a-donkey-rahul-is-a-man-conclusions-i-rahul-is-not-a-donkey-ii-all-men-are-not-rahul\/","title":{"rendered":"Statements : No man is a donkey. Rahul is a man. Conclusions : I. Rahul is not a donkey. II. All men are not Rahul."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[amp_mcq option1=&#8221;Only conclusion I follows&#8221; option2=&#8221;Only conclusion II follows&#8221; option3=&#8221;Either I or II follows&#8221; option4=&#8221;Neither I nor II follows E. Both I and II follow&#8221; correct=&#8221;option2&#8243;]<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The correct answer is: <strong>Only conclusion I follows.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The first statement is in the form of &#8220;All A are not B.&#8221; This is logically equivalent to the statement &#8220;No A is B.&#8221; The second statement is in the form of &#8220;All C are A.&#8221; This is logically equivalent to the statement &#8220;All C are not B.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>To form a conclusion, we can use the following rule of inference:<\/p>\n<p>If all A are not B, and all C are A, then all C are not B.<\/p>\n<p>In this case, the first statement is &#8220;All men are not donkeys.&#8221; The second statement is &#8220;Rahul is a man.&#8221; Therefore, the conclusion is &#8220;Rahul is not a donkey.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Conclusion II, &#8220;All men are not Rahul,&#8221; does not follow. This is because the second statement does not tell us anything about whether or not Rahul is the only man. 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