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      Statements: Only books are staplers. All

      pencils are books. All pencils are glasses. No glass is a jug. Conclusions: I. Some books are jugs. II. All books are staplers. In each of the questions below are given four 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 Either I or II follow Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
      B Only I follow Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
      C Only II follows Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
      D Neither I or II follow Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
      E Both I and II follow Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

      Solution

      Some books are pencils (I) + All pencils are glasses (A) = some books are glasses (I) + No glass is a jug (E) = Some books are not jugs (O).Hence, Conclusion I will not follow. Only books are staplers ⇒  Some books are staplers (I) and All staplers are books (A).Hence, Conclusion II will not follow.

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