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    Question

    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: None of the rubber are boards. Every board is plants. Some plants are papers Conclusions: I. Few rubber are papers. II. Few papers are boards
    A Only conclusion II follows Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B None of these Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C Neither conclusion I nor conclusion II follows Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D Both conclusion I and conclusion II follo Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    E Only conclusion I follows Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    None of the rubber are boards (E) + Every board is plants (A) → Some plants are not rubber (O*). Some plants are papers (I) → Conversion → Some papers are plants (I) + Some plants are not rubber (O*) → No conclusion. Hence neither conclusion I nor II follow.

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