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Direction: In the question, there given four statements followed by three conclusions numbered I, II and III. You have to take the given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts. Read all the conclusions and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the given statements disregarding commonly known facts.

Statements:

All phones are chords.

Some chords are nets.

Some nets are tails.

All tails are books.

Conclusions:

I. Some books are nets.

II. Some books are chords.

III. Some tails are phones.

A)  Only I follows

B)  Only II follows

C)  Only III follows

D)  Only I and II follow

E)  None of these

Correct Answer: A

Solution :

(i) All phones are chords \[\to \] Universal Affirmative (A-type).

(ii) Some chords are nets \[\to \] Particular Affirmative (I-type).

(iii) No table is machine \[\to \] Universal Negative (E-type).

(iv) Some tables are not machines Particular \[\to \]Negative (O- type).

I + A \[\Rightarrow \] I-type of Conclusion "Some nets are books". Conclusion I is Converse of it.