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    Statements: All Platters are Roasters.

    >All Roasters are Sticks. No Stick is a Pan. Conclusions: I. All roasters can be Pan. II. No Pan is a Platter. In the question below, three statements are given followed by the conclusions. 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 the given conclusions logically follows from the given statements disregarding commonly known facts.
    A Only conclusion I follow Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B Only conclusion II follows Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C Either conclusion I or II follows Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D Both conclusions I and II follow Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    E Neither conclusion I nor II follows Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    All Roasters are Sticks (A) + No Stick is an Pan (E) → No Roaster is an Pan (E) → Probable conclusion → No conclusion. Hence conclusion I does not follow. All Platters are Roasters (A) + All Roasters are Sticks (A) → All Platters are Sticks (A) + No Stick is an Pan (E) → No Platter is an Pan (E) → Conversion → No Pan is a Platter (E). Hence conclusion II follows.

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