Q181
ReasoningSyllogism & Logical Deduction
Exclusive Proposition: Which is the correct option? Many smokers get cancer.
- a.Cancer patients are smokers.
- b.Most smokers get cancer.
- c.Smoking may lead to cancer.
- d.Smoking is injurious to health.
Answer: (C) Smoking may lead to cancer.
The given statement is a particular one - 'many' smokers, not all or most, get cancer - so the only safe conclusion is the cautious, possibility-type one: smoking may lead to cancer. Option (A) wrongly turns it into a claim about cancer patients, option (B) strengthens 'many' into 'most', and option (D), though true in life, speaks of health in general and goes beyond what is stated. Rule: from 'some/many A are B' you may infer only a possibility, never a universal or majority claim.