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    Statement : Some rooms are stores.. All

    stores are godowns. All godowns are warehouses. No warehouse is a product. Conclusion: Some products are godowns. Some rooms are warehouses. Some products may be warehouses. Some rooms are not godowns. (Q.171-175): In each of the questions below are given three statements followed by three 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 Only I and III follows Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B Only II follows Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C Only I, II and III follow Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D Only I, II and IV follows Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    E None of these Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    All godowns are warehouses(A) + No warehouse is a product(E)`=>` No godown is a product (E)`=>` conversion`=>` Some products are not godowns.(O). Hence, conclusion I will not follow. Some rooms are stores(I) + All stores are godowns(A)`=>` Some rooms are godowns(I) + All godowns are warehouses(A)`=>` Some rooms are warehouses(I). Hence, conclusion II will follow. No warehouse is a product(E)`=>` No probable conclusion. Hence, conclusion III will not follow. Some rooms are stores(I) + All stores are godowns(A)`=>` Some rooms are godowns(I)`=>` conversion`=>` Some godowns are rooms(I). Hence, conclusion IV will not follow.

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