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    Question

    Statements: No bike is a car.

                                All car are cycle.   Conclusions: I. Some cycle are not bike.                        II. Some cycle are car. In each question below are given two statements followed by two conclusions numbered I and II. You have to take the two given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance with commonly known facts and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the two given statements, disregarding commonly known facts. Give Answer:
    A If only conclusion I follows Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B If only conclusion II follows Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C If either I or II follows Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D If both I or II follow Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    E None of these Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    No bike is a car (E) + All car are cycle (A) ⇒ Some cycle are not bike (O*). Hence, conclusion I will follow. All car are cycle ⇒ Conversion ⇒ Some cycle are car (I). Hence, conclusion II also follow.

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