Question

    Statement: Some letters are papers All papers

    are objects. Some objects are subjects. Conclusion: I. Some papers are not subjects. II. All subjects are objects. In each of the questions below are given two/three statements followed by two conclusions numbered I, and II. You have to take the given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance with commonly known facts. Read all the conclusions and then decide which of given conclusions logically follows from the given statements disregarding commonly known facts.
    A Both I & II follows Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B Only I follows Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C Only II follows Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D None follows Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    All papers are objects(A) + Some objects are subjects(I) ⇒ No conclusion. Hence conclusion I will not follow. Some objects are subjects(I) ⇒ conversion ⇒ Some subjects are objects(I). Hence conclusion II will not follow

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