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WBCS Preliminary Examination 2019 — General Studies · Question 167 of 200

Q167
ReasoningSyllogism & Logical Deduction
Arrange the following items from general to particular: (i) Animal (ii) Feline (iii) Leopard (iv) Mammal (v) Vertebrate (vi) Cat
  1. a.(i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi)
  2. b.(i), (iii), (v), (iv), (ii), (vi)
  3. c.(i), (iv), (iii), (ii), (v), (vi)
  4. d.(i), (v), (iv), (ii), (iii), (vi)

Answer: (D) (i), (v), (iv), (ii), (iii), (vi)

Following the broad biological hierarchy from most general to most specific gives: Animal, Vertebrate, Mammal, Feline (the cat family), then narrowing to the specific example Leopard, and finally the most familiar and specific everyday example, Cat — i.e. (i), (v), (iv), (ii), (iii), (vi).