Question

    Statements: Only a few Kennel are Stable.

    No Stable is Den. All Den are Shed. Conclusions: I. All Kennel are Shed. II. Some Shed are Den. III. All Stable are Shed. 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 II follows Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B Only conclusion III follows Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C Only conclusion I and conclusion III follow Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D Only conclusion II and conclusion III follow Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    E Only conclusion I and conclusion II follow Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    Only a few Kennel are Stable (I) + No Stable is Den (E) → Some Kennel are not Den (O) +  All Den are Shed (A) → No conclusion. Hence conclusion I does not follow. All Den are Shed (A) → Conversion → Some Shed are Den (I). Hence conclusion II follows. No Stable is Den (E) + All Den are Shed (A) → Some Shed are not Stable (O*). Hence conclusion III does not follow.

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