Question
Statements: Only English are History. Only
a few English are Science. Some Science are not Hindi. Conclusions: I. Some Science is not English is a possibility II. Some Hindi may not be Science. III. Some English is not Hindi is a possibility. In each of the question below are given some statements followed by some conclusions. 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 the given conclusions logically follows from the given statements, disregarding commonly known facts.Solution
Only a few English are Science (I) → Probable conclusion → All Science may be English (I). Hence conclusion I does not follow. Some Science are not Hindi (O) → Probable conclusion → Some Hindi may not be Science (I). Hence conclusion II follows. Some English are Science (I) + Some Science are not Hindi (O) → No conclusion. Hence conclusion III does not follow. Alternate Method -
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