Question

    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. Statements: Some apple are banana. All banana are pear. No pear is papaya. Conclusions: I. Some apple are pear. II. Some apple are papaya. III. No banana is papaya.
    A Both conclusion I and conclusion II follow Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B Only conclusion I follows Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C Neither conclusion I nor conclusion II follows Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D Both conclusion I and conclusion III follow Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    E All the conclusion I, II and III follow Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    Some apple are banana (I) + All banana are pear (A) → Some apple are pear (I). Hence conclusion I follows. Some apple are pear (I) + No pear is papaya (E) → Some apple are not papaya (O). Hence conclusion II does not follow. All banana are pear (A) + No pear is papaya (E) → No banana is papaya (E). Hence conclusion III follows.

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