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    Question

    Statement :        All flowers are

    thorns. Some flowers are leaves. Conclusion: I. No leaf is a thorn. II. Some thorns are leaves. In this question, two statements followed by two conclusions numbered I and II have been given. 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.
    A Either conclusion I or II follow. Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B Both conclusion I and II follow. Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C Neither conclusion I nor II follow. Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D Only conclusion II follows. Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    E Only conclusion I follows. Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    Some flowers are leaves (I) → Conversion → Some leaves are flowers (I) + All flowers are thorns (A) → Some leaves are thorns (I) → Conversion → Some thorns are leaves (I). Hence conclusion II follows but conclusion I does not follow.

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