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    Statements: All Honest are Intelligent.

    Only a few Intelligent are Smart. No Intelligent is Descent. Conclusion: I. No Honest is Smart. II. No Honest is Descent. III. All Honest are Smart is a possibility. 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 conclusions II and III follow Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B Only conclusion III follows Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C Only conclusions I and III follow Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D Only conclusion II follows Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    E Only conclusion I follows Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    All Honest are Intelligent (A) + Only a few Intelligent are Smart (I) → No conclusion. Hence conclusion I does not follow. All Honest are Intelligent (A) + No Intelligent is Descent (E) → No Honest is Descent (E). Hence conclusion II follows. All Honest are Intelligent (A) + Only a few Intelligent are Smart (I) → Probable conclusion →   All Honest may be Smart (A). Hence conclusion III follows.

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