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    Question

    Statements: Some gifts are

    prizes. All prizes are presents. All presents are offerings. Some offerings are trophies. Conclusions: I. Some gifts are offering. II. Some presents are not gifts. III. Some trophies are not offerings. IV. Some offerings are prizes. In each of the questions below are given four statements followed by four conclusions numbered I, II and III and IV. 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 given conclusions logically follows from the given statements disregarding commonly known facts .
    A None follows Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B I, II and III follow Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C II, III and IV follow Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D I and IV follow Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    E All follow Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    Some gifts are prizes. (I) + All prizes are presents. (A) = Some gifts are presents. (I) + All presents are offerings. (A) = Some gifts are presents. (I) Hence conclusion I will follow. All prizes are presents. (A) + All presents are offerings. (A) = All prizes are offerings. (A) ⟹ conversion ⟹ Some offerings are prizes. (I) Hence conclusion IV will follow.

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