Question

    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:

    Statements: No magazine is a newspaper.

    >                              All newspaper are articles.                                 No article is a publication. Conclusions: I. Some magazine are not article.                        II. No newspaper is a publication.
    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 neither I nor II follows; Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    E If both I and II follows. Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    No magazine is a newspaper (E) + All newspapers are article (A) = some article are not magazine (O*). Hence, conclusion I will not follow. All newspaper are articles (A) + No article is a publication (E) = No newspaper is a publication (E). Hence, conclusion II will follow.

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