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    Statements: Only a few hands are ears Some

    ears are eyes All eyes are arms Conclusions: I. No arm is a hand II. Some ears are arms III. All ear is being hand is a possibility 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 Only I follows Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B Only II follows Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C Only III follows Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D Both II and III follow Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    E All follows Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    Some hands are ears (I) + Some ears are eyes (I) → No conclusion. Hence conclusion I does not follow. Some ears are eyes (I) + All eyes are arms (A) → Some ears are arms (I). Hence conclusion II follows. Only a few hands are ears→ Probable conclusion → All ear may be hand (A). Hence conclusion III follows.

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