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    Some tyres may be flowers. Some jungles are not rains.

    Some flowers are petals. 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 All tyres are rains. No rain is a flower. No flowers is a jungle. No jungle is a petal. Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B Some jungles are petals. No tyre is a rain. No rain is a flower. Some flowers are jungles. Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C All flowers are jungles. No jungles is a petal. All tyres are rains. No rain is a flower. Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D Some tyres are rains. No rain is a flower. All flowers are jungles. All jungles are petals. Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    E Both 1st and 3rd. Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    Some tyres are rains (I) + No rains is a flower (E) ⇒ Some tyres are not flowers (O) ⇒ [Probable conclusion] ⇒ Some tyres may be flowers (I). No rain is a flowers (E) + All flowers are jungles (A) ⇒ Some jungles are not rains (O*). All flowers are jungles (A) + All jungles are petals (A) ⇒ All flowers are petals (A) ⇒ I.I. ⇒ Some flowers are petals (I). Hence, option 4 is correct. By elimination method - By 1, No + no = no. no +ve relation can be drawn between flower and petal. Hence it is eliminated. By 2, some + some = no relation can be drawn between flower and petal. Hence it is eliminated. By3, All + no = no +ve relation can be drawn between flower and petal. Hence it is eliminated. Hence answer is option 4.

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