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Direction: In each of the questions 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 a 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:

Some computers are books.

Some books are pens.

All pens are notebooks.

Conclusions:

I. Some books are notebooks.

II. Some notebooks are computers.

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.

Correct Answer: A

Solution :

 (i) All windows are floors Universal Affirmative (A -Type). (ii) Some doors are windows Particular Affirmative (I-type). (iii) No flower is sweet Universal Negative (E-type). (iv) Some flowers are not sweets Particular Negative (O-type). I + a \[\Rightarrow \] I-type of Conclusion. "Some books are notebooks." This is Conclusion I.