Question

    In the question below there are three statements followed by two conclusions I and II. You have to take the three 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 three statements disregarding commonly known facts.

    Statements: Only a few pink is blue

    >All blue is black No green is blue Conclusions: I. No black is green II. Some green is pink
    A Only conclusion I follows Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B Both conclusion I and conclusion II follow Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C Only conclusion II follows Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D Neither conclusion I nor conclusion II follows Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    E None of the above Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    No green is blue (E) + All blue is black (A) → Some black are not green (O*). Hence conclusion I does not follow. Only a few pink is blue (I) + [No green is blue (E) → Conversion] → No blue is green (E) → Some pink are not green (O). Hence conclusion II does not follow.

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