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    Question

    In each of the questions below is given some statements followed by some conclusions. 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 the given conclusions logically follows from the given statements disregarding commonly known facts.

    Statements: Only shirt is pant. Some

    clothes are shirts. Only a few shoes are clothes. Conclusions: I. Some clothes being pants is a possibility. II. Some shirts are not shoes. III. All Clothes can be shoes.
    A Only conclusion I follows Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B All I, II and III follow Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C Only conclusion II follows Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D Only conclusion II and III follow Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    E Only conclusion I and II follow Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    Alternate Method: Some cloth are shirt   (I) + Only shirt is pant.  ⇒ No conclusion . Hence conclusion I does not follow. Only a few shoe are cloth   +  Some cloth are shirt   (I)  ⇒   Some shirt are not shoe (O) . Hence conclusion II follows.  Only a few shoe are cloth  ⇒   Probable  conclusion ⇒   All Cloth can be shoes  (A). Hence conclusion III follows.

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