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    Statements: No Platform is a Train. Only

    a few Trains are Hoardings. Only a few Hoardings are Signals. Conclusions: I. All Hoardings are Signals. II. All Hoardings are Train. III. Some Platform are Train. 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 II follow Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B Only conclusions II and III follow Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C Only conclusions III and I follow Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D All conclusions I, II and III follow Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    E None of the conclusions follows Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    Only a few Hoardings are Signals → Some Hoardings are Signals (I) and Some Hoardings are not Signals (O). Hence conclusion I does not follow. Only a few Trains are Hoardings → Some Hoardings are Trains (I) and Some Hoardings are not Trains (O). Hence conclusion II does not follow. No Platform is a Train (E) → Conversion → Some Platforms are not Trains (O). Hence conclusion III does not follow.

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