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    Statements: Only a few clouds are floors.

    All floors are roof. Some roof are drops. Only a few drops are procedures. Conclusions: I. Some roof are procedures. II. Some floors being drops is a possibility. III. Some roof are clouds. In 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 in 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 Both conclusion II and III follow. Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B Only conclusion III follows. Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C Only conclusion I follows. Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D Both conclusion I and II follow. Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    E None of the above. Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    Some roof are drops (I) + Some drops are procedures (I) → No conclusion. Hence conclusion I does not follow. All floors are roof (A) + Some roof are drops (I) → Probable conclusion → Some floors may be drops (I). Hence conclusion II follows. Some clouds are floors (I) + All floors are roof (A) → Some clouds are roof (I) → Conversion → Some roof are clouds (I). Hence conclusion III follows.

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