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    Question

    Statements: No Addition is a Multiplication.

    Some Multiplication are Subtraction. All Subtraction are Division. Only few Division are Reminder. Conclusions: I. Some Multiplication are Division. II. Some Reminder are Subtraction. III. All Subtraction being Addition is a possibility. 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 Only conclusion I follows. Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B Both conclusion I and II follow. Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C Only conclusion II follows. Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D Both conclusion I and III follow. Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    E None of the above Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    Some Multiplication are Subtraction (I) + All Subtraction are Division (A) → Some Multiplication are Division (I). Hence conclusion I follows. All Subtraction are Division (A) + Some Division are Reminder (I) → No conclusion. Hence conclusion II does not follow. No Addition is a Multiplication (E) + Some Multiplication are Subtraction (I) → Some Subtraction are not Addition (O*) → Probable conclusion → Some Subtraction multiplication be Addition (I). Hence conclusion III does not follow.

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