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    Statements: Only buses are cars Only a few

    buses are trains No train is a bike Conclusions: I. Some cars is being bikes is a possibility II. All trains is being buses is a possibility III. Some bikes are buses 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 Both I and II follow Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C Both I and III follow Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D Only II follows Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    E None follows Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    Car cannot have any relation with anyone. Hence conclusion I does not follow. Only a few buses are trains → Probable conclusion → All trains may be buses (A). Hence conclusion II follows. Some buses are trains (I) + No train is a bike (E) → Some buses are not bikes (O). Hence conclusion III does not follow.

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