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    Question

    In the question below are given some statements

    followed by some conclusions. You have to take the given statements to be true even if they seem to be in 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. Statements: Only a few tumblers are flask. All flask are beaker. Some beaker are buckets. Only a few buckets are pots. Conclusions: I. Some beaker are pots. II. Some flask being buckets is a possibility. III. Some beaker are tumblers.
    A Both conclusion II and III follow. Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B Only conclusion III follows. Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C Only conclusion I follows. Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D Both conclusion I and II follow. Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    E None of the above. Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    Some beaker are buckets (I) + Some buckets are pots (I) → No conclusion. Hence conclusion I does not follow. All flask are beaker (A) + Some beaker are buckets (I) → Probable conclusion → Some flask may be buckets (I). Hence conclusion II follows. Some tumblers are flask (I) + All flask are beaker (A) → Some tumblers are beaker (I) → Conversion → Some beaker are tumblers (I). Hence conclusion III follows.

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