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    Question

    In each of the questions below are given two/three statements followed by two conclusions numbered I, and II. 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.

    Statements:           Some cricket are

    hockey.                                 Some hockey are badminton.                                 No badminton is volleryball. Conclusions:         I. Some cricket are badminton.                                 II. All hockey being cricket is a possibility.
    A If both conclusions I and II follow Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B If neither conclusion I nor II follows Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C If either conclusion I or II follows Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D If only conclusion II follows. Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    Some cricket are hockey (I) + Some hockey are badminton (I) ⇒ no conclusion cannot be drawn. Hence, conclusion I will not follow. Some cricket are hockey (I) ⇒ conversion ⇒ Some hockey are cricket (I). [Probable conclusion] ⇒ A. Hence, conclusion II will follow.

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