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    Some diaries are not pencils. All notebooks are papers.

    Some diaries are not notebooks In the given question, a set of conclusions is given. There are five options comprising of three or more statements. You need to choose the option that contains the set of statements from which the given conclusions logically follow.
    A No book is a diary. No diary is a notebook. Some notebooks are pencils. All pencils are papers. Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B No notebook is a pencil. All pencils are papers. Some books are diaries No diary is a notebook. Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C Some books are diaries. Some diaries are not notebooks. Some notebooks are pencils. All pencils are papers. Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D All notebooks are pencils. Some pencils are papers. No book is a diary. Some diaries are notebooks. Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    E Both 3rd and 4th Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    No diary is a notebook (E) + Some notebooks are pencils (I) ⇒ Some diaries are not pencils (O).  Some notebooks are pencils (I) + All pencils are papers (A)  ⇒ Some notebooks are papers (I) ⇒ [Probable conclusion] ⇒ All notebooks are papers (A). No book is a diary (E) ⇒ conversion ⇒ Some diaries are not notebooks (O).

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