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    Question

    In each of the questions below are given three statements followed by three conclusions numbered I, II and III. 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 given conclusions logically follows from the given statements disregarding commonly known facts.

    Statements:       All counsellors are teachers.

    Some teachers are candidates.

    All candidates are students.

    Conclusions:      I. Some counsellors are students.

                                II. Some students are not teachers.

                               III. No counsellor is a teacher.

    A None follows Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B Only II follows Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C Only III follows Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D Only either I or III follow Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    E None of these Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    A + I = No conclusion, hence conclusion I does not follow. Here, all the given statements are positive statements and both conclusion II and conclusion III are negative conclusion. As we know that no negative define conclusion can be drawn from the positive statement, we can say that neither conclusion II nor conclusion III follows. Alternate Method:

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