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    Statements: Only Apple are Kiwi All Banana

    are Apple Only a few Mango are Apple No Mango is a Pear Conclusions: I. All Apple being Mango is a possibility II. Some Pear can never be Kiwi III. Some Apple are Banana In the question below some statements are given followed by three conclusions I, II and III. 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 conclusion definitely follows from the given statements, disregarding commonly known facts.
    A Only conclusions I and III follow Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B Only conclusion II follows Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C Only conclusion III follows Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D Only conclusions I and II follow Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    E All conclusions I, II and III follow Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    Only a few Mango are Apple → Probable conclusion → All Apple may be Mango (A). Hence conclusion I follows. Only Apple are Kiwi → All Kiwi are Apple and Kiwi cannot have any positive relation with anyone but here it is a negative relation. Hence conclusion II follows. All Banana are Apple (A) → Conversion → Some Apple are Banana (I). Hence conclusion III follows.

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