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    Statements: Some Draft is Inbox. All Inbox

    is Outbox. All Mail is Outbox. Conclusions: I. Some Mail being Draft is a possibility. II. Some Inbox is not Draft is a possibility. In the question below there are three statements followed by two conclusions I and II. 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 logically follows from the three statements disregarding commonly known facts.
    A Only conclusion I follows Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B Neither conclusion I nor II follows Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C Only conclusion II follows Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D Both conclusions I and II follow Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    E None of the above Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    Some Draft is Inbox (I) + All Inbox is Outbox (A) → Some Draft are Outbox (I) + Some Outbox are Mail (I) → Probable conclusion → Some Mail may be Draft (I). Hence conclusion I follows. Some Draft is Inbox (I) → Probable conclusion → Some Inbox may not be Draft (I). Hence conclusion II follows.

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