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    Statements: All tool is menu. All menu is

    design. Only a few design is insert. A few insert is page. Conclusions: I. Some inserts being tool is a possibility. II. Some design is page. III. Some page is menu. In the question below there are four statements followed by three conclusions I, II and III. You have to take the four 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 given statements disregarding commonly known facts.
    A Only conclusion I follows Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B Either conclusion I or II follows Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C Only conclusion III follows Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D Both conclusion II and conclusion III follow Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    E None of the above Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    All tool is menu (A) + All menu is design (A) → All tool is design (A) + Only a few design is insert (I) → Probable conclusion → Some inserts may be tool (I). Hence conclusion I follows. Only a few design is insert (I) + A few insert is page (I) → No conclusion. Hence conclusion II does not follow. All menu is design (A) + Only a few wing is insect (I) → No conclusion. Hence conclusion III does not follow.

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