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    Statements: All Ray are Colour. No Colour

    is Cloud. Some Cloud are Rain. Conclusions: I. No Ray is Rain. II. Some Rain are not Ray. III. All Rain can be Colour. 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 definitely follows from the given statements disregarding commonly known facts.
    A Only conclusion II follows Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B Only conclusion III follows Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C Only conclusion I and conclusion III follow Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D Only conclusion II and conclusion III follow Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    E Only conclusion I and conclusion II follow Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    All Ray are Colour (A) + No Colour is Cloud (E) → No Ray is Cloud (E) + Some Cloud are Rain (I) → Some Rain are not Ray (O*). Hence conclusion I does not follows but conclusion II follow. No Colour is Cloud (E) + Some Cloud are Rain (I) → Some Rain are not Colour (O*) → Probable conclusion → Some Rain can be Colour (I). Hence conclusion III does not follow.

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