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    Question

    In the question, below are three statements followed by

    four conclusions numbered I, II, III, and IV. You have to consider the statements to be true even if it seems to be at variance from commonly known fact s. You have to decide which of the given conclusions, if any, follows from the given statements. Statements: Some Tables are not Chairs. All Chairs are Brown. Some Brown are Green. Conclusions: I. Some Tables may be chairs. II. Some Chairs are Green. III. All Tables are Brown. IV. Some Tables are Green.
    A Conclusion II and III only Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B Conclusion I only Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C Conclusion I and II only Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D Conclusion III and IV only Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    Some Tables are not Chairs (I) → Probable conclusion → Some Tables may be chairs. (I). Hence conclusion I follows. All Chairs are Brown (A) + Some Brown are Green (I) → No conclusion. Hence conclusion II does not follow. Some Tables are not Chairs (O) + All Chairs are Brown (A) → No conclusion. Hence neither conclusion III nor IV t follows.

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