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    Question

    In the following questions below are given some

    statements followed by some conclusions based on those statements. Taking 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 conclusion logically follows the given statements. Statements: I. Some Fruits are Vegetables II. Some Vegetables are Salads Conclusion: I. Some Fruits being Salads is a possibility. II. All Salads are Vegetables III. Some Vegetables are not Salads is a possibility
    A Only conclusion I follows Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B Only conclusion I and either conclusion II or conclusion III follow Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C Either conclusion II or conclusion III follows Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D Only conclusion I and conclusion III follow Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    Some Fruits are Vegetables (I) + Some Vegetables are Salads (I) → Probable conclusion → Some Fruits being Salads (I). Hence conclusion I follows. Some Vegetables are Salads (I) → Conversion → Some Salads are Vegetables (I). Hence conclusion II does not follow. Some Vegetables are Salads (I) → Probable conclusion → Some Vegetables may not be Salads (I). Hence conclusion III follows.

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