CAT 1991DILR Question 6

SyllogismsEasy

This question contains six statements followed by four sets of combinations of three. Choose the set in which the statements are logically related

  1. Smoking causes cancer.
  2. All cigarettes are hazardous to health.
  3. Smoking doesn’t cause cancer sometimes.
  4. One brand of cigarettes is cham – cham.
  5. Brand X causes cancer.
  6. Cham – cham is bad for health

Answer & solution

Correct answer: BDF

  • A

    ABE

  • BDF

  • C

    ABD

  • D

    ABC

Solution

If all cigarettes are hazardous to health and cham-cham is a brand of cigarette, then cham-cham would
also be hazardous to health.

Hence, option (b).

Related Syllogisms questions

See all Syllogisms questions →
CAT 1991 DILR Q6: This question contains six statements followed by four sets of combinations of three. Choose the set in which — Solution | TheCATExam