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:                           No red is a pink.                                                 Some orange are pinks.                                                 All orange are green. Conclusions:         I. Some orange may be reds. II. Some reds are not orange.
    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 I follows. Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    No red is a pink (E) + Some pinks are orange (I) = Some orange are not reds (O*) ⇒    Probable conclusion ⇒ Some orange may be reds(I) . Hence, conclusion I will follow and conclusion II will not follow.

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