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    Conclusions: I. Some Movies are not Films.

    II. Some Films being Cameras is not a possibility. Statements:  In the question below some statements are given two conclusions followed by some statements. You have to take the given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance with commonly known facts. Read the conclusions and then decide which of the following statement is true for given conclusions.
    A All Films are Pictures. Some Pictures are Cameras. Some Cameras are Movies. Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B 100% Cameras are Movies. A few Films are Movies. No Film is Picture. Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C Only Pictures are Films. No Camera is a Picture. All Movies are Cameras. Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D Only Cameras are Pictures. Some Cameras are Films. All Movies are Films. Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    E None of the above Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    From Statement I. All Films are Pictures (A) + Some Pictures are Cameras (I) → No conclusion. Hence conclusion I does not follow. All Films are Pictures (A) + Some Pictures are Cameras (I) → Probable conclusion → Some Films may not be Cameras (I). Hence conclusion II follows. From Statement II. A few Films are Movies (I) → Conversion → Some Movies are Films (I). Hence conclusion I does not follow. 100% Cameras are Movies (A) + [A few Films are Movies (I) → Conversion] → Some Movies are Films (I) → Probable conclusion → Some Films may not be Cameras (I). Hence conclusion II follows. From Statement III. Only Pictures are Films → All Films are Pictures and Films can have negative relation with anyone. Hence both conclusion I and II follows. From Statement IV. Some Cameras are Films (I) + [All Movies are Films (A) → Conversion] → Some Films are Movies (I) → No conclusion. Hence conclusion I does not follow. Some Cameras are Films (I) → Conversion → Some Films are Cameras (I). Hence conclusion II does not follow.

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