Question 56

Logical Reasoning Statement and Conclusions Medium

In the following question, three statements and three conclusions are given.
Statements:
All students are intelligent.
No intelligent person is lazy.
Some lazy people are poor.
Conclusions:
No student is lazy.
Some poor people are not intelligent.
All poor people are lazy.
Find the most appropriate conclusion(s) from the following options:

(A) Only conclusions 1 and 2 follow
(B) Only conclusion 1 follows
(C) Only conclusion 2 follows
(D) Only conclusions 2 and 3 follow
✓ Correct Answer: Option A Verified Solution

📘 Step-by-Step Solution & Detailed Explanation:

Statements:

  • All students are intelligent.
  • No intelligent person is lazy.
  • Some lazy people are poor.

Conclusions:

  1. No student is lazy.
  2. Some poor people are not intelligent.
  3. All poor people are lazy.

Analysis:

  • Conclusion 1 follows: Since all students are intelligent and no intelligent person is lazy, no student can be lazy.
  • Conclusion 2 follows: Some lazy people are poor and lazy people are not intelligent, so some poor people are not intelligent.
  • Conclusion 3 does not follow: "Some lazy people are poor" does not imply that all poor people are lazy.

Therefore, only conclusions 1 and 2 follow.

Answer: (A) Only conclusions 1 and 2 follow

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