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    Statements: Only books are staplers. All

    pencils are books. All pencils are glasses. No glass is a jug. Conclusions: I. Some books are jugs. II. All books are staplers. III. Some pencils are jugs. IV. Only some glasses are not jugs. In each of the questions below are given four statements followed by four conclusions numbered I, II and III and IV. You have to take the given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance with commonly known facts. Read all the conclusions and then decide which of given conclusions logically follows from the given statements disregarding commonly known facts.
    A None follows Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B Only I and IV follow Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C Only I and II follow Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D Only IV follows Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    E None of these Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    Some books are pencils (I) + All pencils are glasses (A) = some books are glasses (I) + No glass is a jug (E) = Some books are not jugs (O).Hence, Conclusion I will not follow. Only books are staplers`=>` Some books are staplers (I) and All staplers are books (A).Hence, Conclusion II will not follow. All pencils are glasses (A) + No glass is a jug (E) = No pencil is a jug(E). Hence, conclusion III will not follow. No glass is a jug (E)`=>` Conversion`=>` some glasses are not jugs. Hence, Conclusion IV will not follow.

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