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      Statement: All badmintons are rackets.

      Some rackets are rubbers. No rubber is a string. Conclusion: I. Some strings are not rackets. II. Some rubbers may not be rackets. III. No badminton is rubber. 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 follow Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
      C Only I and II follow Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
      D Only II and III follows Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
      E None of these Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

      Solution

      Some rackets are rubbers(I) + No rubber is a string(E) → Some rackets are not strings(O). Hence, conclusion I will not follow. Some rackets are rubbers(I) → conversion → Some rubbers are rackets(I) → Probable conclusion → Some rubbers may not be rackets(O). Hence, conclusion II will follow. A + I = no conclusion. Hence, conclusion III will not follow.

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