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    Statements: All Swabs are Handles. Only

    a few Handles are Sticks. All Sticks are Containers. Conclusions: I. Some Swabs are Sticks II. No Swab is a Stick 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 Swabs are Handles (A) + Some Handles are Sticks (I) → No conclusion. Hence neither conclusion I nor II follow but it will make a complementary pair. Hence either conclusion I or II follow.

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