Banking Sample Paper SBI PO (Main) Sample Test Paper-9

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    Direction: In the question three statements followed by two conclusions numbered and U. You have to take the given statements to be true even they seem to be at variance with commonly known facts. Lead all the conclusions and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the given statements disregarding commonly known facts. Give answer
    Statements:     Some pages are pens.
                            All novels are pages.
                            No novel is a book.
    Conclusions:    I. Some pens, if they are novels, are also pages.
                            II. All books being pages is a possibility.

    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: E

    Solution :

     All novels are pages ®conversion®Some pages are novels (I) + No novel is a book  = I + E = Some pages are not books (O). Hence the possibility in II exists. Hence conclusion II follows. Again, All novels are pages. Hence I follows.


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