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Direction: In each set of question below are two/ three statements followed by two conclusions numbered I and II. You have to take the two / 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 given statements disregarding commonly known facts.

Statements:

Some wars are battles.

All fights are wars.

Conclusions:

I. All fights being battle is a possibility.

II. No fight is a battle.

A)  if only Conclusion I follows

B)  if only Conclusion II follows

C)  if either Conclusion I or II follows

D)  if neither Conclusion I nor II follows

E)  if both Conclusions I and II follow

Correct Answer: A

Solution :

(i) All wires are switches \[\to \] Universal Affirmative (A-type).

(ii) Some wars are battles \[\to \] Particular Affirmative (I-type).

(iii) No switch is a plug \[\to \] Universal Negative (E-type).

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

  \[A\text{ }+\text{ }I\text{ }\Rightarrow \]No Conclusion Thus, all the fights being battles is a possibility.