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    Statements:  Only poles are wires

    >Only few poles are ornaments All ornaments are copper Conclusion: I. All poles can never be copper II. Some ornaments can be wires In each of the questions below are given some statements followed by some Conclusions. You have to take the given statements to be true even, if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts. Read all the conclusions and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the given statements disregarding commonly known facts. 
    A If only conclusion I follows. Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B If only conclusion II follows. Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C If either conclusion I or II follows. Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D If neither conclusion I nor II follows. Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    E If both conclusions I and II follow. Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    Some poles are ornaments (I) + All ornaments are copper (A) → Some poles are copper (I) → Probable conclusion → All poles can never be copper (A). Hence conclusion I follows. Only poles are wires → All wires are poles and wires cannot have any relation with others. Hence conclusion II does not follow.

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