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      Statements: Only plates are cups. Some

      plates are saucer. No saucer is spoon. Conclusion: I. No spoon is cup. II. Some spoons are plates. III. Some saucer can be cups . 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 conclusion I follows Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
      B Only conclusion II follows Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
      C Only conclusions I and III follow Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
      D Only conclusions II and III follow Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
      E Only conclusions I and II follow Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

      Solution

      Only plates are cups → All cups are plates and cups can have negative relation with anyone. Hence conclusion I follows but conclusion III does not follow. Some plates are saucer (I) + No saucer is spoon (E) → Some plates are not spoons (O). Hence conclusion II does not follow.

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