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    Question

    Statements: Only a few Orange is Basket.

    All Hampers are Baskets. No Hamper is a Gift. Conclusions: I. Some Hampers can be Oranges. II. Some Baskets can be Gifts. III. Some Gifts are not Oranges. In the question below there are some statements followed by some conclusions. You have to take the three given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts and then decide which of the given conclusions definitely follows from the three statements disregarding commonly known facts.
    A Only conclusion III follows Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B Only conclusion I and conclusion II follow Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C Only conclusion I follows Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D Only conclusion II and conclusion III follow Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    E None of the conclusions follow Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    Only a few Orange is Basket (I) + [All Hampers are Baskets (A) → Conversion] → Some Baskets are Hampers (I) → Probable conclusion → Some Hampers can be Oranges (I). Hence conclusion I follows but conclusion III does not follow. All Hampers are Baskets (A) → Conversion → Some Baskets are Hampers (I) + No Hamper is a Gift (E) → Some Baskets are not Gifts (O) → Probable conclusion → Some Baskets can be Gifts (I). Hence conclusion II follows.

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