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    Statements: Only a few Adidas are Nike

    All Nike are Puma No Nike is a Reebok Conclusions: I. All Puma being Nike is a possibility II. All Reebok being Puma is a possibility III. Some Reebok are Adidas In each of the questions 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 at variance from 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 Only I follows Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B Only II follows Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C Only III follows Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D Only I and II follow Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    E None of these Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    Alternative Method: Some Adidas are Nike (I) + All Nike are Puma (A) → Some Adidas are Puma (I) → Probable conclusion → All Puma may be Nike (A). Hence conclusion I follows. No Nike is a Reebok (E) → Conversion → No Reebok is a Nike (E) + All Nike are Puma (A) → Some Puma are not Reebok (O*) → Probable conclusion → All Reebok may be Puma (A). Hence conclusion II follows. Some Adidas are Nike (I) + No Nike is a Reebok (E) → Some Adidas are not Reebok (O). Hence conclusion III does not follow

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