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GATE 2023 CY – Question 6

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

Forestland is a planet inhabited by different kinds of creatures. Among other creatures, it is populated by animals all of whom are ferocious. There are also creatures that have claws, and some that do not. All creatures that have claws are ferocious. Based only on the information provided above, which one of the following options can be logically inferred with certainty?

  1. All creatures with claws are animals.
  2. Some creatures with claws are non-ferocious.
  3. Some non-ferocious creatures have claws.
  4. Some ferocious creatures are creatures with claws.

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Correct answer: (D) Some ferocious creatures are creatures with claws.

Explanation

The passage explicitly says there are creatures with claws, and all such creatures are ferocious.

Therefore some ferocious creatures have claws,**D**. The implication claws→ferocious does not establish claws→animal; the other two statements contradict the stated implication.