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    Question

    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. Statements: All Tools are Printers. Some Printers are Files. No Printer is a Folder. Conclusion: I. All Folders can be Files. II. Some Tools are not Folders. III. Some Files are not Folders.
    A Only conclusion III follows Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B Only conclusions II and III follow Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C Only conclusion II follows Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D All the conclusions follow Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    Some Printers are Files (I) →Conversion → Some Files are Printers (I) + No Printer is a Folder (E) → Some Files are not Folders (O) → Probable conclusion → All Folders can be Files (A). Hence conclusion I and III follows. All Tools are Printers (A) + No Printer is a Folder (E) → No Tool is a Folder (E) → Probable conclusion → Some Tools are not Folders (O). Hence conclusion II follows.

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