Syllogism Question:
Question: How many conclusions can be drawn from the given statements?
Statement 1: Some Pens are Pencils.
Statement 2: All Pencils are Erasers.
Ans: 5
[Explanation: From Statement 1, one conclusion can be drawn: Some Pencils are Pens.
From Statement 2, two conclusions can be drawn: Some Pencils are Erasers. & Some Erasers are Pencils.
Combining both the statements 1 & 2, one conclusion can be drawn: Some Pens are Erasers.
From the statement 'Some Pens are Erasers.', one more conclusion can be drawn: Some Erasers are Pens.]
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