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Statement I: Some democracies are a dictatorship.  Statement II: No dictatorship is a monarchy. -

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Question

In this question, two statements followed by four conclusions I, II, III and IV. You have to accept the given statements to be true, even if they appear to be at variance from commonly known facts. Read all the conclusions and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the two statements:

Statement I: Some democracies are a dictatorship. 
Statement II: No dictatorship is a monarchy.

Conclusions:

I. No democracy is a monarchy.
II. No dictatorship is a democracy.
III. Some democracies are a monarchy.
IV. Some dictatorships are democracies.

Options

  • None follows

  • Only IV follows.

  • II and III follow.

  • I and IV follow.

MCQ

Solution

The Venn diagram is as shown below:

Conclusions:

I.false II. false III. false IV. true So, only IV follows.

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