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    Statements: Some Distance are Miles All

    Miles are Race Some Race are not Time Conclusion: I. Some Miles are not Time II. Some Distance are Race III. No Distance are Time 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 II follows Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B Only conclusion I follows Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C Only conclusions I and III follow Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D Only conclusion III follows Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    E All of the conclusions follow Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    All Miles are Race (A) + Some Race are not Time (I) → No conclusion. Hence conclusion I does not follow.  Some Distance are Miles (I) + All Miles are Race (A) → Some Distance are Race (I). Hence conclusion II follows.   Some Distance are Miles (I) + All Miles are Race (A) →  Some Distance are Race (I) + Some Race are not Time (O) → No conclusion. Hence conclusion III does not follow. 

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