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    Question

    In the questions given below, there are three

    statements followed by three conclusions I, II and III. 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: No Colours are Paints No Paints are Walls Some Walls are Coats Conclusion: I. Some Coats are Colours II. No Colours are Walls III. Some Coats are not Colours
    A Only conclusion I follows Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B Only conclusions II and III follow Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C Either conclusion I or III follows Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D None of the conclusions follow Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    E Only conclusion III follows Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    No Colours are Paints (E) + No Paints are Walls (E) → No conclusion. Hence conclusion I, II and III follow do not follow. But conclusion I or III will make a complementary pair. Hence either conclusion I or III follow.

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