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    Statements: No brinjal is a cauliflower 

    All cauliflower are cabbage  Some spinach are cabbage  Conclusions: I. All Spinach are Brinjal  II. No Spinach is Brinjal In each of the questions below are given 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 If only conclusion I follows. Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B If only conclusion II follows. Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C If either conclusion I or II follows. Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D If neither conclusion I nor II follows. Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    No brinjal is a cauliflower (E) + All cauliflower are cabbage (A) ⇒ Some cabbage are not brinjal (O*) + Some spinach are cabbage  (I) . ⇒ No conclusion. Hence neither conclusion I nor II follows.

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