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 fruit is vegetable

    A few vegetable is apple All apple is orange Conclusions: I. Some fruit is not vegetable II. All orange is vegetable is a possibility
    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

    Only a few fruit is vegetable → Some fruit is not vegetable (O). Hence conclusion I follows. A few vegetable is apple (I) + All apple is orange (A) → Some vegetable is orange (I) → Probable conclusion → All orange may be vegetable (I). Hence conclusion II follows.  

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