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    Statements: All Pilots are Teachers.

    >Only a few Teachers are Doctors. No Doctor is Lawyer. Conclusions: I. All Pilots can be Doctors. II. Some Teachers are not Lawyers. III. Some Lawyers are Pilots. In the question below there are some statements followed by some conclusions. You have to take the three given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts and then decide which of the given conclusions definitely follows from the three statements disregarding commonly known facts.
    A Only conclusion II follows Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B Only conclusion I and conclusion II follow Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C Only conclusion I follows Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D Only conclusion I and conclusion III follow Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    E None of the conclusions follow Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    All Pilots are Teachers (A) + Only a few Teachers is Doctors (I) → Probable conclusion →  All Pilots can be Doctors (A). Hence conclusion I follows. Only a few Teachers is Doctors (I) + No Doctor is Lawyer (E) → Some Teachers are not Lawyers (O). Hence conclusion II follows. All Pilots are Teachers (A) + Only a few Teachers is Doctors (I) → No conclusion. Hence conclusion III does not follow.

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