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    Question

    In the question 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 in 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.

    Statements: Only a few balloons are cakes.

    All cakes are knife. Some knife are ribbons. Only a few ribbons are candles. Conclusions: I. Some knife are candles. II. Some cakes being ribbons is a possibility. III. Some knife are balloons.
    A Both conclusion II and III follow. Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B Only conclusion III follows. Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C Only conclusion I follows. Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D Both conclusion I and II follow. Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    E None of the above. Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    Some knife are ribbons (I) + Some ribbons are candles (I) → No conclusion. Hence conclusion I does not follow. All cakes are knife (A) + Some knife are ribbons (I) → Probable conclusion → Some cakes may be ribbons (I). Hence conclusion II follows. Some balloons are cakes (I) + All cakes are knife (A) → Some balloons are knife (I) → Conversion → Some knife are balloons (I). Hence conclusion III follows.

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