Question

    In the question below, three statements are given

    followed by the conclusions. 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:  All Cycles are Trains Some Bikes are not Cycles All Bikes are Buses. Conclusions: I. No Cycle is a Bike II. Some Buses are not Trains
    A Only conclusion I follows Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B Only conclusion II follows Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C Either conclusion I or II follows Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D Both conclusions I and II follow Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    E Neither conclusion I nor II follows Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    Some Bikes are not Cycles (O) → Conversion → No conclusion. Hence conclusion I does not follow. Some Bikes are not Cycles (O) + All Cycles are Trains (A) → No conclusion. Hence conclusion II does not follow.

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