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    Statements: Some tablets are laptops.

    All laptops are mobiles. No mobile is a notepad. Conclusion: I. Some tablets are mobiles. II. Some notepads are not laptops. III. Some tablets are not notepads. 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 Only I follows Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B Only I and II follows Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C Only I and III follows. Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D Only II follows Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    E All follows Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    Some tablets are laptops (I) + All laptops are mobiles. (A) Some tablets are mobiles. (I) + No mobile is a notepad. (E) Some tablets are not notepads. (O). Hence conclusion I and III follows. All laptops are mobiles. (A) + No mobile is a notepad. (E) No laptop is a notepad. (E) Conversion Some notepads are not laptops. (O). Hence conclusion II follows.

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