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    Question

    In the question below there are four 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 and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the four statements disregarding commonly known facts. Statements: No languages are communications. All communications are written. 2% written are oral. Only oral are definition. Conclusions: I. No language is oral. II. No written is definition. III. A few communications being oral is a possibility.
    A Both conclusion II and conclusion III follow. Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B Only conclusion I follows Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C Neither conclusion I nor conclusion II follows Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D Only conclusion II follows Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    E None of the above Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    No languages are communications (E) + All communications are written (A) → Some written are not languages (O*). Hence conclusion I does not follow. Only oral are definition → All definition are shelve and definition can have negative relation with anyone. Hence conclusion II follows. All communications are written (A) + 2% written are oral (I) → Probable conclusion → Some communications may be oral (I). Hence conclusion III follows.

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