Question: Directions: Each question consists of five statements followed by options consisting of three statements put together in a specific order. Choose the option which indicates a valid argument, that is, where the third statement is a conclusion drawn from the preceding two statements.
Example:
A. All cigarettes are hazardous to health.
B. Brand X is a cigarette.
C. Brand X is hazardous to health.
Here, ABC is a valid option, where statement C can be concluded from statements A and B.
A. No patriot is a criminal.
B. Bundledas is not a criminal.
C. Bundledas is a patriot.
D. Bogusdas is not a patriot.
E. Bogusdas is a criminal.
(a) ACB is the correct answer choice, as it forms a valid syllogism.
Bundledas (B) may be a patriot (P) or not. Nothing definite can be concluded.
(c) ADE is invalid, on similar lines as explained in the case of (b).
(d) ABE is invalid, because the syllogism has four terms: patriots, criminals, Bundledas and Bogusdas.