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    Statements: All umbrellas are snows. Only

    snow is rain. No cloud is an umbrella. Conclusions: I. No snow is a cloud. II. Some umbrellas are rains. 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 disr egarding commonly known facts.
    A Only conclusion I follows Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B Both the conclusions I and II follow Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C Neither conclusion I nor conclusion II follows Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D Only conclusion II follows Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    E Either conclusion I or conclusion II follows Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    No cloud is a umbrella (E) + All umbrellas are snows (A) → Some snows are not clouds (O) + Only snow is rain → No conclusion. Hence conclusion I does not follow.

    Only snow is rain → All rains are snows and rains cannot have positive relation with anyone. Hence conclusion II does not follow.

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