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    Question

    Statements: Only a few Kite are Stick. No

    Stick is Paper. All Paper are Colour. Conclusions: I. All Kite are Colour. II. Some Colour are Paper. III. All Stick are Colour. In the questions given below there are three statements followed by three conclusions I, II and III. You have to take the three 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 conclusions definitely follows from the given statements disregarding commonly known facts.
    A Only conclusion II follows Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B Only conclusion III follows Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C Only conclusion I and conclusion III follow Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D Only conclusion II and conclusion III follow Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    E Only conclusion I and conclusion II follow Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    Only a few Kite are Stick (I) + No Stick is Paper (E) → Some Kite are not Paper (O) +  All Paper are Colour (A) → No conclusion. Hence conclusion I does not follow. All Paper are Colour (A) → Conversion → Some Colour are Paper (I). Hence conclusion II follows. No Stick is Paper (E) + All Paper are Colour (A) → Some Colour are not Stick (O*). Hence conclusion III does not follow.

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