Question

    Statement: Some trees are flowers. Some

    flowers are branches. All branches are petals. Conclusion: I. Some trees are branches. II. Some trees are not branches. III. All flowers being a petals is a possibility. 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.
    A Either I or II and III follow Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B Either I or II follow Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C All follows Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D None follows Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    E None of these Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    Some trees are flowers(I) + Some flowers are branches(I) → No conclusion. Hence, conclusion I and II will not follow but they will make a complementary pair. Hence either conclusion I or II follows. Some flowers are branches(I) + All branches are petals(A) → Some flowers are petals(I) → Probable conclusion → All flowers being a petals is a possibility(A). Hence, conclusion III will follow.

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