Question

    Statements:       Some chairs are table.

    All tables are window. Conclusions:       I. All table are chair.                                 II. Some window are table. In each question below are given two statements followed by two conclusions numbered I and II. You have to take the two given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance with commonly known facts and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the two given statements, disregarding commonly known facts. 
    A If only conclusion I follows Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B If only conclusion II follows Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C If either I or II follows Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D If neither I nor II follows Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    Some chair are table (I) ⇒ Conversion ⇒ Some table are chair (I). Hence, conclusion I will not follow. All table are window ⇒ Conversion ⇒ Some window are table (I). Hence, conclusion II will follow.

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