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    Statements: Only a few diamond are Gold

    All Silver are Gold Only a few Silver are platinum No Platinum is rhodium Conclusions: I) Some diamond being silver is a possibility. II) All rhodium are not silver. III) Some platinum are not diamond. 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. 
    A If only conclusion I follows Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B If only conclusion II follows Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C If only conclusion I and II follow Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D If only conclusion I and III follow Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    E All follow Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    All Silver are Gold (A) + Some gold are diamond (I) → → Probable conclusion → Some diamond may be Silver (I). Hence conclusion I follows but conclusion III does not follow. Some Silver are platinum (I) + No Platinum is rhodium (E) → Some Silver are not rhodium (O). Hence conclusion II does not follow.

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