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    Question

    Statements : All glasses are cups No cups are

    spoons. Some spoons are forks. Conclusions : I. Some forks are cups. II. Some spoons are not glasses. 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 all the conclusions and then decide which of given conclusions logically follows from the given statements disregarding commonly known facts.
    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

    No cups are spoons(E) + Some spoons are forks(I) ⇒ Some forks are cups(O*). Hence, conclusion I does not follow. All glasses are cups(A) + No cups are spoons(E) ⇒ No glass is a spoon(E) ⇒ Conversion ⇒ Some spoons are not glasses(O). Hence, conclusion II follows.

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