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    Statements: All clubs are pub. No

    pub is a song. All songs are music. Conclusions: I.  All songs being clubs is a possibility. II.  No pub is a music. III. Some music are songs. In each of the questions below are given three statements followed by three conclusions. You have to take the given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance with commonly known facts. Read all the conclusions and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the given statements disregarding commonly known facts. Give answer
    A Only I and II follow Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B Only II follows Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C Only II and III follow Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D Only III follow Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    E None of these Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    All clubs are pub (A) + No pub is a song (E) ⇒ No club is a song (E) ⇒ Probable conclusion ⇒ No conclusion .   Hence conclusion I will not follow. No pub is a song (E) + All songs are music (A) ⇒ Some music are not pubs (O*). Hence conclusion II will not follow. All songs are music (A) ⇒ Conversion ⇒ Some music are songs (I). Hence conclusion III will follow.

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