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    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 : No painting is a pencil. Some

    pencils are drawings. All drawings are sketches. Conclusions : I. Some sketches are drawings. II. Some drawings are not paintings. III. All pencils being sketches is a possibility.
    A None follows Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B Only I and II follow Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C Only II and III follow Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D Only I and III follow Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    E All follow Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    All drawings are sketches (A) ⇒ Conversion ⇒ Some sketches are drawings (I). Hence, conclusion I follows. No painting is a pencil(E) + Some pencils are drawings(I) Some drawings are not paintings(O*). Hence, conclusion II follows. Some pencils are drawings(I) + All drawings are sketches(A) ⇒ Some pencils are sketches(I) ⇒ Probable conclusion ⇒ All pencils may be sketches(A). Hence, conclusion III follows.

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