Question

    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 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:

    Some bottles are not cans.

    All boxes are drawers.

    No can is a box.

    Conclusions:

    I. Some boxes are not bottles.

    II. Some bottles are boxes.

    A if both conclusions I and II follow Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B if neither conclusion I nor II follows Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C if either conclusion I or II follows Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D if only conclusion II follows Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    E if only conclusion I follows Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    Some bottles are not cans (O) + No can is a box (E) ⇒ No conclusion. Hence, conclusion I & II does not follow. So, neither conclusion I nor II follows

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