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    Statements: Onion % Brinjals Brinjals # Tomato

    Cauliflower & Cucumber Tomato @ Cauliflower Conclusion: I. Cauliflower $ Brinjals II. Cucumber & Tomato III. Brinjals $ Cauliflower In the questions given below, there are four statements followed by some conclusions. You have to take the four given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts. Read all the conclusions and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the given statements disregarding commonly known facts. IF 'R@S' means "All R are S", 'R#S' means "Only a Few S is R", 'R$S' means "All R can be S". 'R≤S' means "Some S are not R". 'R%S' means "Some R are S", 'R&S' means "No R is S"
    A Only conclusion I follows Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B Only conclusion III follows Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C Only conclusions I and conclusion III follow Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D Only conclusion II and conclusion III follow Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    E Only conclusion I and conclusion II follow Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    Statements: Some Onion are Brinjals Only a few Tomato are Brinjals No Cauliflower is Cucumber All Tomato are Cauliflower Conclusion: I. All Cauliflower can be Brinjals. II. No Cucumber is Tomato. III. All Brinjals can be Cauliflower. All Tomato are Cauliflower (A) → Conversion → Some Cauliflower are Tomato (I) + Only a few Tomato are Brinjals (I) → No conclusion. Hence conclusion I does not follow. All Tomato are Cauliflower (A) + No Cauliflower is Cucumber (E) → No Tomato is Cucumber (E) → Conversion → No Cucumber is Tomato (E). Hence conclusion II follows. All Tomato are Cauliflower (A) → Conversion → Some Cauliflower are Tomato (I) + Only a few Tomato are Brinjals (I) → Probable conclusion → All Brinjals can be Cauliflower (A). Hence conclusion III follows.

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