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    Question

    Statements: A few parrots are hens. No

    parrot is bird. All bird are sparrows. Conclusions: I: Some hens are not bird. II: All hens are sparrows  In the question below there are three statements followed by two conclusions I and II. You have to take the three given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the three statements disregarding commonly known facts.
    A Only conclusion I follows Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B Only conclusion II follows Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C Either conclusion I or II follows Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D Both conclusions I and II follow Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    E Neither conclusion I nor II follows Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    No parrot is bird (E) → No bird is parrot (E) + A few parrots are hens (I) → Some hens are not bird (O*). Hence conclusion I follows. Some hens are not bird (O*) + All bird are sparrows → No conclusion. Hence conclusion II does not follow.

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