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    Statements: All TVs are laptops. Some laptops

    are computers. All computers are keyboards. Conclusions: I. Some TVs may be computers. II. Some laptops are keyboards. 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 both the conclusions and then decide which of given conclusions logically follows from the given statements disregarding commonly known facts. Give answer
    A if both conclusions I and II follow Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B if neither conclusion I nor II follows Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C if either conclusion I or II follows. Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D if only conclusion II follows. Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    E if only conclusion I follows. Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    All TVs are laptops (A) + Some laptops are computers (I) = Some TVs may be computers (I) [Probable conclusion]. Hence, conclusion I will follow. Some laptops are computers(I) + All computers are keyboards (A) = Some laptops are keyboards (I). Hence, conclusion II will also follow.

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