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    Statement: Each lion is lizard. Only

    a few lizards are snakes. Some snakes are snails.      Conclusion:       Some snails are not lions.  Some lizards are not snails.     Some snails are not snakes.     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 Only I follows Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B None follows Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C Only I and III follow Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D Only II and III follow Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    E All I, II and III follow Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

      All lions are lizards (A) + Some lizards are snakes (I) → No conclusion. Hence conclusion I does not follow. Some lizards are snakes (I) + Some snake are snail (I) → No conclusion. Hence conclusion II does not follow. Some snakes are snails (I) → Conversion → Some snails are snakes (I). Hence conclusion III does not follow. Alternate Method -

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