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    Question

    Statements: Only a few blankets are quilts. No

    bedsheet is quilt. Only blanket is cushion. Conclusions: I. All bedsheets being blankets is a possibility. II. All cushions are quilts. Read all the statements and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follow from the given statements disregarding commonly known facts.
    A Only I follows Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B Both I and II follow Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C Only II follows Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D None follows Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    E None of these Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    Alternate Method: Some blankets are quilts (I) + [No bedsheet is quilt (E) ⇒ Conversion] ⇒ No quilt is bedsheet (E) ⇒ Some blankets are not bedsheets (O) ⇒ Probable conclusion ⇒ All bedsheets may be blankets (I). Hence conclusion I follows. Only blanket is cushion ⇒ All cushion are blankets (A) + Some blankets are quilts (I) ⇒ No conclusion. Hence conclusion II does not follow.

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