Question

    Statements: Some awards are

    rewards. Some rewards are exams. Conclusions: I. Some awards are exams II. No exam is a reward. In each question below are given two statements followed by two conclusions numbered I and II. You have to take the two given 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. Give Answer: Give answer 1) if only conclusion I follows. Give answer 2) if only conclusion II follows. Give answer 3) if either conclusion I or II follows. Give answer 4) if neither conclusion I nor II follows. Give answer 5) if both conclusions I and II follow.
    A 1 Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B 2 Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C 3 Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D 4 Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    E 5 Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    Some awards are rewards (I) + Some rewards are exams (I) = no conclusion. Hence, conclusion I will not follow. Both the statements are positive statements and conclusion II is negative and we know that negative definite conclusions cannot be drawn from the positive statements. Hence, conclusion II will not follow.

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