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    Question

    In the question below there are four statements followed by three conclusions I, II and III. You have to take the four given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the four statements disregarding commonly known facts.

    Statements: Some states are towns. No town

    is a village. All villages are cities. Conclusions: I. Some towns are cities. II. Some states are cities. III. Some cities are villages.
    A Only conclusion I and conclusion II follow. Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B Only conclusion I follows Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C Only conclusion II follows Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D Only conclusion III follows Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    E None of the above Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    No town is a village (E) + All villages are cities (A) → Some cities are not towns (O*). Hence conclusion I does not follow. Some states are towns (I) + No town is a village (E) → Some states are not villages (O) + All villages are cities (A) → No conclusion. Hence conclusion II does not follow. All villages are cities (A) → Conversion → Some cities are villages (I). Hence conclusion III follows.

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