Question

    Statements: Only a few Outlet are Showroom.

    Few Showroom are Shop. All Shop are Mart. Conclusion: I. All Mart are Outlet is a possibility. II. Some Outlet are Shop. III. Some Showroom are not Mart. 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 three statements disregarding commonly known facts.
    A Only conclusion III follows Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B Only conclusion I follows Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C None of the conclusions follow Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D Either conclusion I or II follows Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    E Only conclusions I and II follow Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    Only a few Outlet are Showroom (I) + Few Showroom are Shop (I) → Probable conclusion → Some Outlet are Shop (I) + All Shop are Mart (A) → Probable conclusion → All Mart may be Outlet (A). Hence conclusion I follows.   Only a few Outlet are Showroom (I) + Few Showroom are Shop (I) → No conclusion. Hence conclusion II does not follow. Few Showroom are Shop (I)  + All Shop are Mart (A) → Some Showroom are Mart (I). Hence conclusion III does not follow.

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