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    Question

    Statements: Some couliflower are cabbage.

    Some cabbage are asparagus. Some asparagus are pumpkin. Conclusions: I. No couliflower is asparagus II. Some asparagus are couliflower. III. Some cabbage are not pumpkin. In each question below are given three statements followed by three conclusions numbered I, II and III. You have to take the two given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance with commonly known facts and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the three given statements, disregarding commonly known facts.
    A Either I or II follows Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B Only II follows Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C Only II and III follows Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D None follows Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    Some couliflower are cabbage(I) + Some cabbage are asparagus(I) ⇒ No conclusion. Hence, conclusion I and will not follow but they will form a complementary pair. Some cabbage are asparagus (I) + Some asparagus are pumpkin (I) ⇒ No conclusion. Hence, conclusion III will not follow.

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