Question

    Statements: No data is a number. Some numbers

    are not letters. Only letters are consonants. Conclusions: I. All letters may be consonants. II. All consonants are letters. In each of the questions below are given three statements followed by two conclusions numbered I and II. You have to take the given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance with commonly known facts. Read both the conclusions and then decide which of given conclusions logically follows from the given statements disregarding commonly known facts. Give answer
    A if both conclusions I and II follow Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B if neither conclusion I nor II follows Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C if either conclusion I or II follows. Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D if only conclusion II follows. Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    E if only conclusion I follows. Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    Only letters are consonants. ⇒ Some letters are consonants (I) ⇒ Probable conclusion ⇒ All letters may be consonants (A). Hence, Conclusion I will follow. Only letters are consonants ⇒ All consonants are letters (A). Hence, conclusion II will also follow.

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