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    Statements: Few Numbers are Letters.

    >All Numbers are Consonants. Some Consonants are not Alphabets. Conclusion: I. No Number is Vowel. II. Some Consonants are Letters. III. Some Numbers are Alphabets. 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 II follows Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C Only conclusions I and II follow Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D Only conclusions II and III follow Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    E All of the conclusions follow Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    All Numbers are Consonants (A) + Some Consonants are not Alphabets (O) → No conclusion. Hence neither conclusion I nor III follow. Few Numbers are Letters (I) → Conversion → Some Letters are Numbers (I) + All Numbers are Consonants (A) → Some Letters are Consonants (I). Hence conclusion II follows.

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