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    Statements: No waiter is a bar. Some bars

    are bottles. All bottles are drinks. Some drinks are motels. Conclusions: I. All drinks being waiters is a possibility. II. Some drinks are bars III. Some motels may be waiters 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 definitely follows from the given statements disregarding commonly known facts.
    A Only conclusion I follows. Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B Only conclusion I and conclusion II follow. Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C Only conclusion II and conclusion III follow. Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D Only conclusion II follows Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    E None of the above Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    Some bars are bottles (I) + All bottles are drinks (A) → Some bars are drinks (I). No waiter is a bar (E) + Some bars are drinks (I) → Some drinks are not waiter (O*) → Probable conclusion → Some drinks may be waiter (I). Hence conclusion I does not follow but conclusion II follows. Some drinks are motels (I) → conversion → Some motels are drinks (I) + Some drinks are not waiter (O*) → Probable conclusion → Some motels may be waiter (I). Hence conclusion III follows.

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