GATE 2016 CS (CS2) – Question 8

General Aptitude · Analytical Aptitude: Logical Reasoning, Deduction and Analogy · 2 marks · Multiple choice

All hill-stations have a lake. Ooty has two lakes. Which can be inferred? (i) Ooty is not a hill-station. (ii) No hill-station can have more than one lake.

(i) only
(ii) only
Both (i) and (ii)
Neither (i) nor (ii)

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Correct answer: (D) Neither (i) nor (ii)

Explanation

“Have a lake” means at least one, not exactly one. Two lakes therefore do not exclude Ooty from the hill-stations. The premise imposes no maximum lake count. Neither inference follows, D.

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