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    Statements: Some Films are Pictures. Only

    a few Pictures are Movies. All Movies are Locations. Some Locations are not Theatres. Conclusions: I. Some Theatres are Films is a possibility. II. All Movies are Pictures. III. All Theatres are Movies. In the question below some statements are given statements 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.
    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 Both Conclusion I and II follows Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    E Both Conclusion I and III follows Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    Some Films are Pictures (I) +  Only a few Pictures are Movies (I) → Probable conclusion → Some Films are Movies (I) + All Movies are Locations (A) → Some Films are Locations (I) + Some Locations are not Theatres (O) → Probable conclusion → Some Theatres may be Films (I). Hence conclusion I follows. Only a few Pictures are Movies → All Movies may be Pictures (A). Hence conclusion II does not follow. All Movies are Locations (A) + Some Locations are not Theatres (O) → No conclusion. Hence conclusion III does not follow.

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