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    Statements: All Wrappers are Wafers. Only

    a few Wafers are Celebrations. No Celebration is Party. Conclusions: I. All Wrappers can be Celebrations. II. Some Wafers are not Parties. III. Some Parties are Wrappers. In the question 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 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 Wrappers are Wafers (A) + Only a few Wafers is Celebrations (I) → Probable conclusion →  All Wrappers can be Celebrations (A). Hence conclusion I follows. Only a few Wafers is Celebrations (I) + No Celebration is Party (E) → Some Wafers are not Parties (O). Hence conclusion II follows. All Wrappers are Wafers (A) + Only a few Wafers is Celebrations (I) → No conclusion. Hence conclusion III does not follow.

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