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    Statements:  Some centimetres are

    millimetres No millimetre is a kilometre No centimetre is a meter Conclusions: I. Some meters are not millimetres II. Some kilometres are centimetres III. All centimetres are Kilometres In each of the questions below some statements are given followed by some Conclusions. You have to take the given statements to be true even, if they seem to be at variance from 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 Only II and III follow Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C Only I and III follow Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D Only I and II follow Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    E None of these Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    Some centimetres are millimetres (I) → Conversion → Some millimetres are centimetres (I) + No centimetre is a meter (E) → Some millimetres are not meters (O). Hence conclusion I does not follow. Some centimetres are millimetres (I) + No millimetre is a kilometre (E) → Some centimetres are not kilometres (O). Hence neither conclusion II nor III follows.

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