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    Statements: Only a few Novels are Journals.

    Only a few Journals are Booklets. All Booklets are Magazine. Some Booklets are not Book. Conclusions: I. All Novels can be Journal. II. All Magazine are Book. III. Some Journals are not Booklets. 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 III follows Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B Either I or II follows Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C Only I and III follow Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D Either I or II and III follows Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    E None follows Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    Only a few Novels are Journals → Some Novels are Journals (I) and Some Novels are nor Journals (O). Hence conclusion I does not follow. All Booklets are Magazine (A) → Conversion → Some Magazine are Booklets (I) + Some Booklets are not Book (O) → No conclusion. Hence conclusion II does not follow. Only a few Journals are Booklets → Some Journals are Booklets (I) and Some Journals are nor Booklets (O). Hence conclusion III follows.

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