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    Conclusions: I. Some Pickles are Pulses.

    II. Few Bottles are Covers. 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 Only a few Covers are Pulses. Some Pulses are Bottles. Only Bottles are Pickles. Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B All Pickles are Bottles. Some Bottles are Pulses. All Pulses are Covers. Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C All Pulses are Covers. All Covers are Pickles. All Pulses are Bottles. Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D Few Covers are Pulses. Few Bottles are Pickles. No Pickle is a Cover. Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    E None of the above Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    From Statement I. Only Bottles are Pickles → All Pickles are Bottles and Pickles cannot have positive relation with anyone. Hence conclusion I does not follow. Only a few Covers are Pulses (I) + Some Pulses are Bottles (I) → No conclusion. Hence conclusion II does not follow. From Statement II. All Pickles are Bottles (A) + Some Bottles are Pulses (I) → No conclusion. Hence conclusion I does not follow. Some Bottles are Pulses (I) + All Pulses are Covers (A) → Some Bottles are Covers (I). Hence conclusion II follows. From Statement III. All Pulses are Covers (A) + All Covers are Pickles (A) → All Pulses are Pickles (A) → Conversion → Some Pickles are Pulses (I). Hence conclusion I follows. All Pulses are Covers (A) → Conversion → Some Covers are Pulses (I) + All Pulses are Bottles (A) → Some Covers are Bottles (I) → Conversion → Some Bottles are Covers (I). Hence conclusion II follows. From Statement IV. No Pickle is a Cover (E) + Few Covers are Pulses (I) → Some Pulses are not Pickles (O*). Hence conclusion I does not follow. Few Bottles are Pickles (I) + No Pickle is a Cover (E) → Some Bottles are not Covers (I) + Few Covers are Pulses (I) → No conclusion. Hence conclusion II does not follow.

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