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    Statements: Some Joker are Clown Only a

    few Clown are Hunters All Hunters are Circus Some Circus are not Clone Conclusions: I. Some Clone are Joker is a possibility II. All Hunters are Clown III. All Clone are Hunters In the question below some statements are given statements followed by three conclusions I, II, and III. 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 conclusion definitely follows from the given statements, disregarding commonly known facts.
    A Only Conclusion I follows Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B Only Conclusion II follows Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C Only Conclusion III follows Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D Both Conclusion I and II follows Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    E Both Conclusion I and III follows Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    Some Joker are Clown (I) +  Only a few Clown are Hunters (I) → Probable conclusion → Some Joker are Hunters (I) + All Hunters are Circus (A) → Some Joker are Hunters Circus (I) + Some Circus are not Clone (O) → Probable conclusion → Some Clone may be Joker (I). Hence conclusion I follows. Only a few Clown are Hunters → All Hunters may be Clown (A). Hence conclusion II does not follow. All Hunters are Circus (A) + Some Circus are not Clone (O) → No conclusion. Hence conclusion III does not follow.

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