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    Statements: All Composers are Professions.

    Only a few Professions are Producers. No Producer is Director. Conclusions: I. All Composers can be Producers. II. Some Professions are not Directors. III. Some Directors are Composers. 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 II and conclusion III follow Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    E None of the conclusions follow Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    All Composers are Professions (A) + Only a few Professions is Producers (I) → Probable conclusion →  All Composers can be Producers (A). Hence conclusion I follows. Only a few Professions is Producers (I) + No Producer is Director (E) → Some Professions are not Directors (O). Hence conclusion II follows. All Composers are Professions (A) + Only a few Professions is Producers (I) → No conclusion. Hence conclusion III does not follow.

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