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    Question

    In the following questions below are given some statements followed by some conclusions based on those statements. Taking the given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts. Read all the conclusions and then decide which of the given conclusion logically follows the given statements.

    Statements:

    Some Goats are Frogs.

    Some Frogs are Sheep.

    Conclusion:

    I. Some Goats being Sheep is a possibility.

    II. All Sheep are Frogs.

    III. Some Frogs are not Sheep is a possibility.

    A Only conclusion I follows Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B Only conclusion I and either conclusion II or conclusion III follow Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C Either conclusion II or conclusion III follows Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D Only conclusion I and conclusion III follow Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    Some Goats are Frogs (I) + Some Frogs are Sheep (I) → Probable conclusion → Some Goats may Sheep (I). Hence conclusion I follows. Some Frogs are Sheep (I) → Conversion → Some Sheep are Frogs (I). Hence conclusion II does not follow. Some Frogs are Sheep (I) → Probable conclusion → Some Frogs may not be Sheep (I). Hence conclusion III follows.

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