Directions: The questions below consist of a question followed by two statements labelled l and II. You have to decide if these statements are sufficient to answer the question. Give answer
Are merchants greedy?
Statements: I. Some merchants are money-minded.
II. All money-minded are greedy.

Options

A. if statement l alone is sufficient to answer the question but statement II alone is not sufficient to answer the questions,
B. If statement II alone is sufficient to answer the question but statement I alone is not sufficient to answer the question,
C. if you can get the answer from I and II together although neither statement suffices by itself,
D. if you cannot get the answer from statements I and II together but still more data are needed.

Answer

D

Explanation

Using syllogistic reasoning (I + A = I), we infer that "Some merchants are greedy... But the question is "Are merchants greedy?". It takes the whole class of merchants in its fold. If answered . Yes., it would mean that "All merchants are greedy" and if answered .No., it would mean that "No merchant is greedy". But all we can conclude from the two given statements is that "Some merchants are greedy". We cannot talk about the whole class from these statements. So, still more clues are needed.