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    Question

    In the question below there are three 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 three statements disregarding commonly known facts. Statements: Only a few Year is Month. Only a few Month is Week. No Year is Day. Conclusions: I. Some Year being Week is a possibility. II. Every Month being Day is a possibility. III. Some Week is not Day.
    A Only conclusion II follows Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B Only conclusion I and II follow Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C Only conclusion I follows Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D Only conclusion II and III follow Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    E All of the above conclusions follow Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    Only a few Year is Month (I) + Only a few Month is Week (I) → Probable conclusion → Some Year may be Week (I). Hence conclusion I follows. No Year is Day (E) → Conversion → No Day is Year (E) + Only a few Year is Month (I) → Some Month is not Day (O*)  → Probable conclusion → Some Month may be Day (I). Hence conclusion II does not follow. Only a few Year is Month (I) + Only a few Month is Week (I) → No conclusion. Hence conclusion III does not follow.

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