Question

Read the following statements Uma should either employ a maid or a cook. If she employs a maid, she will have to change her work timings. If she does not employ a cook, she will have to change her job If the above statements are true, which one of the following MUST also be true?

• A. Uma must try to employ both a maid and a cook to reduce hassles at work.
• B. Uma must try to hire a maid who can cook.
• C. If Uma employs a maid, she may end up working long hours and cooking too.
• D. Uma’s job and working hours are linked to the maid turning up regularly.
• E. If Uma employs a maid, she will have to change her job

Answer 1

Answer: (E)

The question is in the form of a disjunctive syllogism- Either A or B
The conclusions that follow are Not A, therefore B
And Not B, therefore A
Here the options are either a maid or a cook.
If a maid is not employed, a cook is employed.
If a cook is not employed, then a maid is employed and also if a cook is not employed, she will change her job.

Hence if a maid is employed, she changes her job is correct.

Hence option E is the correct answer.