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    Question

    In each of the questions below are given two/three

    statements followed by two conclusions numbered I, and II. 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 given conclusions logically follows from the given statements disregarding commonly known facts. Statements:                Some hats are mats. Some mats are carpet. No carpet is cap. Conclusions:       I. Some hats are carpet. II. All mats being hats is a possibility.
    A If both conclusions I and II follow Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B If neither conclusion I nor II follows Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C If either conclusion I or II follows. Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D If only conclusion II follows. Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    Some hats are mats (I) + Some mats are carpet (I) ⇒ no conclusion cannot be drawn. Hence, conclusion I will not follow. Some hats are mats (I) ⇒ conversion ⇒ Some mats are hats (I). [Probable conclusion] ⇒ A. Hence, conclusion II will follow.

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