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    Statements: Some lands are sea. Some breeze are

    lands. Some lands are water. Conclusions:I . Some breeze being water is a possibility. II. Some breeze are sea. 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 :
    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

    Some breeze are lands(I) + Some lands are water(I) ⇒ Possibility ⇒ Some breeze are water(I) ⇒ Probable conclusion ⇒ Some breeze being water is a possibility. Hence conclusion I follows. Some breeze are lands(I) + Some lands are sea(I) ⇒ No conclusion. Hence conclusion II does not follows. Alternate method:

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