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    Statements: Some authors are teachers.

    All teachers are poets. Some poets are artists. Conclusions: I. Some authors are poets. II. Some teachers are artists. III. Some poets are teachers. In each of the questions below are given three statements followed by three conclusions numbered I, II and III. 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 None follows Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B Only I and II follow Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C Only II and III follow Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D Only I and III follow Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    E All follow Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    Some authors are teachers(I) + All teachers are poets(A) ⇒ Some authors are poets. Hence conclusion I follow. All teachers are poets(A) + Some poets are artists(I) ⇒ No conclusion. Hence conclusion II does not follow. All teachers are poets(A) ⇒ Conversion ⇒ Some poets are teachers(I). Hence conclusion III follows.

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