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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 Hair is Comb. All Comb is Face. No Face is Leg. Conclusion: I. Some Face is Hair. II. No Comb is Leg. III. All Hair being Leg is a possibility.
    A Only conclusions I and II follow Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B Only conclusion I follows Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C Only conclusions II and III follow Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D All the conclusions follow Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    E Only conclusion II follows Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    Only a few Hair is Comb (I) + All Comb is Face (A) → Some Hair is Face (I). Hence conclusion I follows. All Comb is Face (A) + No Face is Leg (E) → No Comb is Leg (E). Hence conclusion II follows. Only a few Hair is Comb (I) + All Comb is Face (A) → Some Hair is Face (I) + No Face is Leg (E) → Some Hair is not Leg (O) → Some Hair may be Leg (I). Hence conclusion III does not follow.

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