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    Question

    In the questions given 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. Read all the conclusions and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the three statements disregarding commonly known facts. Statements: All Apples are Mangoes Some Mangoes are Bananas All Bananas are Kiwi Conclusion: I. All Apples can never be Bananas II. Some Kiwi are Mangoes
    A Only conclusion II follows Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B Only conclusion I follows Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C Both conclusions I and II follow Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D Either conclusion I or II follows Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    E Neither conclusion I nor II follows Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    All Apples are Mangoes (A) + Some Mangoes are Bananas (I) → No conclusion. Hence conclusion I does not follow. Some Mangoes are Bananas (I) + All Bananas are Kiwi (A) → Some Mangoes are Kiwi (I) → Conversion → Some Kiwi are Mangoes (I). Hence conclusion II follows.

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