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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 at variance from 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 oranges are apples. No apple is banana. Only bananas are pears. Conclusions: I: Some pears are apples. II: No banana is orange.
    A Only conclusion I follows Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B Both conclusions I and II follow Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C Either conclusion I or II follows Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D Only conclusion II follows Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    E Neither conclusion I nor II follows Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    Only bananas are pears → All pears are bananas and pears cannot have positive relation with anyone. Hence conclusion I does not follow but conclusion II follows.

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