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    Statements: All notes are serials.

    > No serial is a handout. Some handouts are markets. Conclusions: I. Some notes are handouts. II. Some markets are handouts. Directions(Q. 1-5): In each question below are given three 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:
    A If only conclusion I follows Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B If only conclusion II follows Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C If either I or II follows Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D If neither I nor II follows Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    E If both I and II follow Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    All notes are serials (A) + No serial is a handout (E) ⇒ No note is a handout (E). Hence, conclusion I will not follow. Some handouts are markets. (I) ⇒ conversion ⇒ Some markets are handouts. (I). Hence, conclusion II will follow.

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