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    Statements:  Few Blue are Purple. No

    White is Purple. Some White is Black Conclusions: I. All Blue can be White. II. Some White are Blue. In each of the questions below few statements are given followed by few 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.
    A If only conclusion I follows Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B If only conclusion II follows. Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C If either conclusion I or II follows. Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D If neither conclusion I nor II follows. Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    E If both conclusions I and II follow. Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    Alternative Method: No White is Purple (E) + [Some Blue are Purple (I) → Conversion] → Some Purple are Blue (I) → Some Blue are not White (O*) → Probable conclusion → All White may be Blue (A). Hence neither conclusion I nor II follow.

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