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    Statements:  Only a few Apples are Kiwis.

    All Kiwis are Pears. No Pear is a Banana. Conclusions: I. Some Apples are not Kiwis. II. Some Kiwis can never be Bananas. In the question below, three statements are given followed by the conclusions. You have to take the given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance with commonly known facts. Read all the conclusions and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the given statements disregarding commonly known facts.
    A Only I follows Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B Only II follows Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C Either I or II follows Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D Neither I nor II follows Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    E Both I and II follow Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    Only a few Apples are Kiwis → Some Apples are not Kiwis (O) and Some Apples are Kiwis (I). Hence conclusion I follows. All Kiwis are Pears (A) + No Pear is a Banana (E) → No Kiwi is a Banana (E) → Conversion →  Some Kiwis can never be Bananas (O). Hence conclusion II follows.

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