Question

    Statements: Some songs are music. All music are

    composers. Some composers are lyrics. Conclusions: I. Some songs are not lyrics. II. All music may be songs. III. Some songs are lyrics. In each of the questions below are given three statements followed by three conclusions numbered I, II and III. 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 Only I and III follows. Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B Either I or III and II follow Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C Only II follows. Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D All follows. Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    Some songs are music(I) + All music are composers(A) ⇒ Some songs are composers(I) + Some composers are lyrics(I) ⇒ No conclusion. Hence neither conclusion I nor conclusion III follows but it will make a complementary pair. Hence either conclusion I or conclusion III follows. Some songs are music ⇒ Some Music are songs. In possibilities, All music maybe songs. Hence II follows.

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