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    Statements: Only a few spiders are insects.

    All insects are ant. Some ant are pesticides. Only a few pesticides are bees. Conclusions: I. Some ant are bees. II. Some insects being pesticides is a possibility. III. Some ant are spiders. 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.
    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 ant are pesticides (I) + Some pesticides are bees (I) → No conclusion. Hence conclusion I does not follow. All insects are ant (A) + Some ant are pesticides (I) → Probable conclusion → Some insects may be pesticides (I). Hence conclusion II follows. Some spiders are insects (I) + All insects are ant (A) → Some spiders are ant (I) → Conversion → Some ant are spiders (I). Hence conclusion III follows.

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