Question
In the question below, three statements are given followed by the conclusions. You have to take the given statements to be true even if they seem to be at 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: All Hands are Leg. Only a few Leg are Shoulder. No Shoulder is a Arm. Conclusions:
I. Some Leg are not Arms
II. Some Hands are not Arms
Solution
Some Leg are Shoulder (I) + No Shoulder is a Arm (E) → Some Leg are not Arm (O). Hence conclusion I follows. All Hands are Leg (A) + Some Leg are Shoulder (I) → No conclusion. Hence conclusion II does not follow.
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