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    Question

    Statements: Only a few spoons are plates.

    All plates are forks. Only a few forks are cups. Conclusions: 1) Only spoons are forks. 2) A few plates are cups. Read all the statements and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follow from the given statements disregarding commonly known facts.
    A If conclusion 1 follows Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B If conclusion 2 follows Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C Either conclusion 1 or conclusion 2 follows Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D Neither conclusion 1 nor conclusion 2 follows Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    E Both the conclusions follow Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    Alternate Method: Some spoons are plates (I) + All plates are forks (A) ⇒ Some spoons are forks (I). Hence conclusion I does not follow. All plates are forks (A) + Some forks are cups (I) ⇒ conclusion. Hence conclusion II does not follow.

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