Direction: From the given statement, find out the correct conclusion Statement: All students are intelligent. Some students are hardworking.
Question and options
Direction: From the given statement, find out the correct conclusion
Statement: All students are intelligent. Some students are hardworking.
Statement: All students are intelligent. Some students are hardworking.
- All hardworking students are not intelligent
- All intelligent students are hardworking
- Some intelligent students are hardworking
- Some hardworking students are not intelligent
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: C - Some intelligent students are hardworking
All students are intelligent and some students are hardworking, so those hardworking students are intelligent: some intelligent (persons) are hardworking. 'All hardworking students are not intelligent' and 'Some hardworking students are not intelligent' contradict the premises; 'All intelligent students are hardworking' does not follow.
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