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    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:       Some birds are sparrows.                                 Some sparrows are duck.                                 No duck is rat. Conclusions:       I. Some birds are duck.                                 II. All sparrows being birds is a possibility.
    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 II follows. Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    Some birds are sparrows (I) + Some sparrows are duck (I) ⇒ no conclusion cannot be drawn. Hence, conclusion I will not follow. Some birds are sparrows (I) ⇒ conversion ⇒ Some sparrows are birds (I). [Probable conclusion] ⇒ A. Hence, conclusion II will follow.

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