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    Statements: Only year is month Only a

    few year is day All day is week 26% week is minute Conclusions: I. Some week is year II. All year may be minute III. Some day is month 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 and conclusion III follow. Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B Only conclusion I follows Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C Only conclusions I and III follow Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D Only conclusion I and conclusion II follow Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    E Only conclusion II follows Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    Only a few year is day (I) + All day is week (A) → Some year are week (I). Hence conclusion I follows. Some year are week (I) + 26% week is minute (I) → No conclusion.  Hence conclusion II does not follow. Only year is month → All month are year and month cannot have any positive relation with anyone. Hence conclusion III does not follow.

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