Question

    Statements:

    Only a few Radio are Gramophone

    No Gramophone are TV

    Only a few TV is Recorder

    Conclusions:

    In the question below some statements are given followed by three conclusions 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 the given conclusion definitely follows from the given statements, disregarding commonly known facts.

    I. All Recorder can never be Gramophone

    II. All Radio can never be TV

    III. Some Recorder can be Radio

    A Only Conclusion I follows Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B Only Conclusion II follows Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C Only Conclusion III follows Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D Only Conclusion I and II follow Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    E All Conclusions I, II, and III follow Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    No Gramophone are TV (E) + Only a few TV is Recorder (I) → Some Recorder are not Gramophone (O*) → Probable conclusion → All Recorder can never be Gramophone. Hence conclusion I follows. Only a few Radio are Gramophone (I) + No Gramophone are TV (E) → Some Radio are not TV (O) → Probable conclusion → All Radio can never be TV. Hence conclusion II follows. Only a few Radio are Gramophone (I) + No Gramophone are TV (E) → Some Radio are not TV (O) + Only a few TV is Recorder (I) → Probable conclusion → Some Recorder can be Radio (I). Hence conclusion III follows.

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