Question

    In each of the questions below some statements are given followed by two 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. Give answer

    Statements:

    Some Marble are Colour

    Only a few Colour is Tile

    Only Tile is Floor

    Conclusions:

    I. All Tile being Colour is a possibility.

    II. All Colour being Marble is a possibility.

    A Only II follows. Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B Either I or II follows Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C Both I and II follow Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D Only I follow Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    E Neither I nor II follows Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    Only a few Colour is Tile → Probable conclusion → All Tile may be Colour (A). Hence conclusion I follows. Some Marble are Colour (I) → Probable conclusion → All Colour may be Marble (A). Hence conclusion II follows.

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