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    Question

    Statement: All cups are bowls. All bowls

    are trays. Some trays are plates. Conclusion: I. Some trays are cups. II. Some bowls are plates. III. No bowl is a plate. 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 None follows Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B Only II and III follow Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C Only I, and either II or III follow Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D Only I and II follows Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    E None of these Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    All cups are bowls(A) + All bowls are trays(A) → All cups are trays(A) → conversion → Some trays are cups(I). Hence, conclusion I will follow. A + I → No conclusion. Hence, neither conclusion II nor III will follow but they will make a complementary pair. Hence, either conclusion II or III will follow.

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