Question

There is a statement followed by two conclusions. Decide which conclusion logically follows from the given statement (s).

Statement: A garden has mango, teak, neem, orange, coconut and many trees. The mango tree is 7 meters tall, the orange tree is half of its height and the coconut tree is three times the height of the mango tree.

Conclusion:

I. The average height of the three trees is less than 10 meters.

II. The tallest tree in the garden is the coconut tree.

Choose the correct option from the following.

A. Only (I) follows.

B. Only (II) follows.

C. (I) and (II) both follow.

D. Neither (I) nor (II) follows.

1. B
2. D
3. C
4. A

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 2 : D

Given,

Statement: A garden has mango, teak, neem, orange, coconut and many trees. The mango tree is 7 meters tall, the orange tree is half of its height and the coconut tree is three times the height of the mango tree.

Conclusion:

I. The average height of the three trees is less than 10 meters. → False (Here we don't know the height of all the trees and also the average height of which three trees we are calculating.)

II. The tallest tree in the garden is the coconut tree. → False (We don't know the height of all the trees in the garden.)

∴ Neither (I) nor (II) conclusion follows.

Hence, the correct answer is D.