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    Statements: Only a few Cups are Spoons

    All Spoons are Forks Some Forks are Plates Conclusion: I. Some Cups are Forks II. Some Plates are not Cups III. Some Spoons are Plates In the questions given below, there are three statements followed by three conclusions I, II and III. You have to take the three 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.
    A Only conclusions I and III follow Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B Only conclusions I and II follow Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C Only conclusion III follows Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D Only conclusion I follows Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    E Only conclusion II follows Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    Only a few Cups are Spoons (I) + All Spoons are Forks (A) → Some Cups are Forks (I). Hence conclusion I follows. Some Cups are Forks (I) + Some Forks are Plates (I) → No conclusion. Hence conclusion II does not follow. All Spoons are Forks (A) + Some Forks are Plates (I) → No conclusion. Hence conclusion III does not follow.

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