| Direction: In each question below are given three statements followed by two conclusions numbered I and II. 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 the given conclusions logically follows from the given statements, disregarding commonly known facts. Give answer |
| Statements: All seconds are hours. |
| No minute is needle. |
| Some hours are needles. |
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: C
Solution :
No minute is a needle ® conversion®No needle is a minute. Now, some hours are needles (I) + No needle is a minute = I + E = O = some hours are not minutes. But conclusions I and II make a complementary pair (E-I). Thus, either conclusion I or II follows.
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