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    Question

    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 disregarding commonly known facts. Statements: Only a few Chair is Wall. No Wall is Table. Only a few Table is Board. Conclusion: I. All Board being Wall is a possibility. II. Some Table is not Chair.
    A Only conclusion II follows Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B Both conclusions I and II follow Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C Either conclusion I or II follows Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D Only conclusion I follows Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    E Neither conclusion I nor II follows Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    No Wall is Table(E) + Only a few Table is Board (I) → Some Board are not Wall (O*) → Probable conclusion → All Wall may be Wall(A). Hence conclusion I does not follow. Only a few Chair is Wall (I) + No Wall is Table(E) → Some Chair are not Table(O). Hence conclusion II does not follow.

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