Q4 · General Aptitude · MCQ · 1 mark
Given below are two statements and four conclusions drawn based on the statements.
Statement 1: Some bottles are cups.
Statement 2: All cups are knives.
Conclusion I: Some bottles are knives.
Conclusion II: Some knives are cups.
Conclusion III: All cups are bottles.
Conclusion IV: All knives are cups.
Which one of the following options can be logically inferred?
- (A)Only conclusion I and conclusion II are correct
- (B)Only conclusion II and conclusion III are correct
- (C)Only conclusion II and conclusion IV are correct
- (D)Only conclusion III and conclusion IV are correct
Answer (official key): A
Solution
The bottles that are cups are also knives, so I follows. Since all cups are knives, some knives are cups (II). Nothing forces all cups to be bottles (III) or all knives to be cups (IV).






