Question

A. All snakes are reptiles.
B. All reptiles are not snakes.
C. All reptiles are cold blooded.
D. All snakes lay eggs.
E. All reptiles lay eggs.
F. Snakes are cold blooded.

• A. ADE
• B. BDE
• C. ABE
• D. ACF

Hint:

Use transitive property to chain multiple universal statements.

Answer 1

The Correct Option is A

Option (a): ADE A: All snakes are reptiles.
D: All snakes lay eggs.
E: All reptiles lay eggs.
- A links snakes to reptiles.
- E says reptiles lay eggs, so from A + E, we can deduce D.
\[ \text{Snakes} \Rightarrow \text{Reptiles} \Rightarrow \text{Lay eggs} \]