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    Statements: No Summer is Winter. Only

    a few Winter is Autumn Some Summer are Spring. Conclusions: I. All Winter being Spring is a possibility II. Some Autumn being Summer is a possibility In each of the questions below some statements are given followed by two 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. Give answer
    A Only II follows. Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B Either I or II follows Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C Both I and II follow Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D Only I follow Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    E Neither I nor II follows Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    No Summer is Winter (E) → No Winter is Summer (E) + Some Summer are Spring (I) → Some Spring are not Winter (O*) → Probable conclusion →   All Winter may be Spring (A). Hence conclusion I follows. No Summer is Winter (E) + Some Winter are Autumn (I) → Some Autumn are not Summer (O*) → Probable conclusion → Some Autumn may be Summer (A). Hence conclusion II follows.

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