Question

    Statements: All tigers are phones. Some

    phones are guns. Some guns are watches. Conclusions: I. Some guns are phones. II. Some tigers are watches. 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 None follows Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B Both I and II follow Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C Only II follow Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D Only I follow Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    E Either I or II follows Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    Some phones are guns (I) ⇒ conversion ⇒ Some guns are phones. Hence, conclusion I follow. All tigers are phones (A) + Some phones are guns (I) = No conclusion. Hence, conclusion II will not follow.

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