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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:

All fruits are flowers.

No flower is sweet.

Some sweets are desserts.

Conclusions:

I. Some desserts are flowers.

II. No dessert is flower.

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: C

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). ?No flower is sweet.? A + E \[\Rightarrow \] E-type of Conclusion. "No fruit is sweet." Conclusions I and II form Complementary Pair. Therefore, either I or II follows.