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    Question

    In the questions given 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. Read all the conclusions and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the three statements disregarding commonly known facts. Statements: Only a few Cake is Candle Some Candle is Party No Candle is Sticker Conclusion: I. Some Cake is not Sticker II. Some Party is Sticker is a possibility III. No Sticker is Party
    A Only conclusions II and III follow Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B Only conclusion I follows Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C Only conclusion III follows Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D Only conclusions I and II follow Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    E Only conclusion II follows Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    Only a few Cake is Candle (I) + No Candle is Sticker (E) → Some Cake is not Sticker (O). Hence conclusion I follows. Some Candle is Party (I) → Conversion → Some Party is Candle (I) + No Candle is Sticker (E) → Some Party is not Sticker (O) → Probable conclusion → Some Party may be Sticker (I). Hence conclusion II follows but conclusion III does not follow.

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