Consider the following statements and select the correct conclusion: Statements: Manas is a player All Players are tall Conclusion:

The correct answer is A. This is a basic categorical syllogism. The first premise places Manas inside the set of players. The second premise says every player belongs to the set of tall people. Manas must therefore be tall, because he is a member of a group that is entirely contained in the group of tall people.

Now the wrong options:

• B reverses the second premise. 'All players are tall' does not give 'all tall men are players'. Reversing a universal statement is the converse fallacy, and it is invalid.
• C goes beyond the premises. Nothing says tall people are not players. It also clashes with the first premise, which already places Manas among the players.
• D contradicts the valid conclusion. Since Manas is a player and all players are tall, 'Manas is not tall' cannot follow.

The core concept is deductive reasoning with universal affirmative statements, where a valid conclusion must follow necessarily from the premises. This skill underlies the CSAT reasoning section and the logical structure you need for essay and ethics answers.

Trap: aspirants often pick B because it looks like a neat restatement. Always check the direction of a universal statement before reversing it.