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    Question

    Statements: Some bangles are necklaces. No

    necklace is a ring. Only a few rings are anklets. All anklets are earrings. Conclusions: I. No bangle is an earring. II. Some earrings are rings. III. Some anklets are not necklaces. In each question below, there are some statements followed by three conclusions numbered I, II and III. You have to take the 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 follow(s) from the given statements.
    A Only II follows Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B Only III follows Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C Both I and II follow Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D Both II and III follow Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    E All follow Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    Some bangles are necklaces (I) + No necklace is a ring (E) → Some bangles are not rings (O) + Some rings are anklets (I) → No conclusion. Hence conclusion I does not follow. Some rings are anklets (I) + All anklets are earrings (A) → Some rings are earrings (I) → Conversion → Some earrings are rings (I). Hence conclusion II follows. No necklace is ring (E) + Some rings are anklets (I) → Some anklets are not necklaces (O*). Hence conclusion III follows

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