Question

    Statements: All Jasmine are Sunflowers.

    Only a few Sunflowers are Tulips. No Tulip is Rose. Conclusions: I. All Jasmine can be Tulips. II. Some Sunflowers are not Roses. III. Some Roses are Jasmine. In the question below there are three statements followed by three conclusions I, II and III. You have to take the three given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts and then decide which of the given conclusions definitely follows from the three statements disregarding commonly known facts.  
    A Only conclusion II follows Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B Only conclusion I and conclusion II follow Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C Only conclusion I follows Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D Only conclusion I and conclusion III follow Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    E None of the conclusions follow Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    All Jasmine are Sunflowers (A) + Only a few Sunflowers is Tulips (I) → Probable conclusion →  All Jasmine can be Tulips (A). Hence conclusion I follows. Only a few Sunflowers is Tulips (I) + No Tulip is Rose (E) → Some Sunflowers are not Roses (O). Hence conclusion II follows. All Jasmine are Sunflowers (A) + Only a few Sunflowers is Tulips (I) → No conclusion. Hence conclusion III does not follow.

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