Question

    Statement :   Some candles are matches.

    Some matches are rockets. Conclusion: I. Atleast some rockets are candles. II. No rocket is a candle. 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 Neither conclusion I nor II follow. Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C Both conclusion I and 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 candles are matches (I) + Some matches are rockets (I) → No conclusion. Hence neither conclusion I nor II follows but it will make a complementary pair. Hence either conclusion I or II follows.

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