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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 in 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: Only a few digits are number. All number are word. Some word are letters. Only a few letters are alphabets. Conclusions: I. Some word are alphabets. II. Some number being letters is a possibility. III. Some word are digits.
    A Both conclusion II and III follow. Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B Only conclusion III follows. Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C Only conclusion I follows. Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D Both conclusion I and II follow. Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    E None of the above. Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    Some word are letters (I) + Some letters are alphabets (I) → No conclusion. Hence conclusion I does not follow. All number are word (A) + Some word are letters (I) → Probable conclusion → Some number may be letters (I). Hence conclusion II follows. Some digits are number (I) + All number are word (A) → Some digits are word (I) → Conversion → Some word are digits (I). Hence conclusion III follows.

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