Question

    Statements: No cup is plate. Only a

    few plate is saucer. Some saucer is spoon. All spoon is juicer. Conclusions: I. Some plate are spoon. II. All saucer may be cup. III. Some cup being juicer is a possibility. In the question 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 and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the three statements disregarding commonly known facts.
    A Only conclusion II 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 III follows Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    E None of the above Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    Only a few plate is saucer (I) + Some saucer are spoon (I) → No conclusion. Hence conclusion I does not follow. No cup is plate (E) + Only a few plate is saucer (I) → Some saucer are not cup (O*) → Probable conclusion → All cup may be saucer (A). Hence conclusion II does not follow. Some saucer is spoon (I) + All spoon are juicer (A) → Some saucer are juicer (I) → Conversion → Some juicer are saucer (I) + Some saucer are not cup (O*) → Probable conclusion → Some cup may be juicer (I). Hence conclusion III follows.

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