Question

    In the question below are given four statements

    followed by three conclusions numbered I, II and III. You have to take the given statements to be true even if they seem to be at 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:  No patient is hospital. No disease is recovery. Only a few recovery are surgery. All disease are hospital. Conclusions: I. All surgery being hospital is a possibility. II. All recovery being surgery is a possibility. III. No disease is surgery.
    A Only I follows Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B Either I or II follows Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C Only I and III follow Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D Either I or II and III follows Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    E None follows Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    No disease is recovery (E) + Some recovery are surgery (I) → Some surgery are not disease (O) + All disease are hospital (A) → All surgery may be hospital (A). Hence conclusion I follows but conclusion III does not follow. Only a few recovery are surgery → Some recovery are surgery (I) and Some recovery are nor surgery (O).  Hence conclusion II does not follow.  

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