Directions (Q.16-20): In each of the questions below are given two/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.
Statements:Some keys are locks.
>Some locks are buttons. No button is a clock. Conclusions:I. Some keys are buttons. II. All locks being keys is a possibility
Aif both conclusions I and II followCorrect AnswerIncorrect Answer
Bif neither conclusion I nor II followsCorrect AnswerIncorrect Answer
Cif either conclusion I or II follows.Correct AnswerIncorrect Answer
Dif only conclusion II follows.Correct AnswerIncorrect Answer
Eif only conclusion I follows.Correct AnswerIncorrect Answer
Solution
Some keys are locks (I) + Some locks are button (I) ⇒ no conclusion can be drawn. Hence, conclusion I will not follow.
Some keys are locks (I) ⇒ conversion ⇒ Some locks are keys (I). [Probable conclusion] ⇒ A. Hence, conclusion II will follow.