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    Question

    Statements: All flowers are books. All books are

    carpets. Some carpets are keys. Some keys are locks. Conclusions:I. Some keys are books. II. Some keys are flowers. III. Some locks are books. In each question below are given four statements followed by three conclusions numbered I, II and III. You have to take the fourgiven statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance with commonly known facts and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the two given statements, disregarding commonly known facts.
    A Only I follows Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B Only II follows Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C Only III follows Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D Only II and III follows Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    E None of these Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    All books are carpets(A) + Some carpets are keys(I) ⇒ No conclusion. Hence conclusion I does not follow. All flowers are books(A) + All books are carpets(A) ⇒ All flowers are carpets(A) + Some carpets are keys(I) ⇒ No conclusion. Hence neither conclusion II nor III follows.

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