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    Question

    In the question below there are three statements followed by two conclusions I and II. You have to take the 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 three statements disregarding commonly known facts .

    Statements: Each Medicine is Pills. No

    Pill is Tablet. Only a few Tablet are Syrup. Conclusions: I. Some Medicine are Tablet. II. All Tablet being Syrup is not a possibility.
    A Only conclusion I follows Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B Both the conclusions I and II follow Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C Neither conclusion I nor II follow Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D Only conclusion II follows Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    E Either conclusion I or II follows Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    Each Medicine is Pills (A) + No Pills is Tablet (E) → No Medicine is a Tablet (E). Hence conclusion I does not follow. Only a few Tablet are Syrup (I) → Probable conclusion → All Tablet may be Syrup is not a possibility (A). Hence conclusion II follows.

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