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    Question

    In each question 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 the given conclusion logically follows from the given statements, disregarding commonly known facts. Give answer :

    Statements: All diaries are papers. Some papers

    are pens. No pencil is a paper. Conclusions:I. No diary is a pencil. II. Some pencils are diaries.
    A if only conclusion I follows. Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B if only conclusion II follows. Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C if either conclusion I or II follows. Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D if neither conclusion I nor II follows. Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    E if both conclusions I and II follow. Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    All diaries are papers(A) + No paper is a pencil(E) ⇒ No diary is a pencil(E). Hence conclusion I follows but conclusion II does not follows. Alternate method:

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