Question

    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.

    Statements : All covers are chairs

    >                                No chair is a table.                                 Some tables are caps. Conclusions :      I. Some caps are chairs. II. Some caps are not chairs. III. All caps may be tables.
    A None follows Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B Only I and II follow Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C Only II and III follow Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D Only I and III follow Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    E All follow Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    No chairs are tables(E) + Some tables are caps(I) ⇒ Some caps are chairs(O*). Hence, conclusion I does not follow but conclusion II follows. Some tables are caps(I) ⇒ Probable conclusion ⇒ All caps may be tables(A). Hence, conclusion III follows.

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