Question

    Statements: Only a few brown are blue.

    Only blue is black. Some blue are pink. Conclusions: I. Some pink are black. II. Some brown are pink. III. No black is brown. 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 logically follows from the three statements disregarding commonly known facts.
    A Only conclusion III follows Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B Only conclusion II and conclusion III follow Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C Only conclusion I and conclusion II follow Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D Only conclusion II follows Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    E None of the conclusions follow Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    Following figure can be formed:

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    From the figure, only conclusion III follows.

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