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1. Statements:
A. All thieves are men.
B. All men are graduates.
C. No graduates are employed.
Conclusions:
I. Some graduates are thieves.
II. No employed are thieves.
III. Some men are thieves.
IV. Some employed are men.
(a) I, II and III follow
(b) II, III and IV follow
(c) Only I and II follow
(d) Only II and III follow
(e) Only II and IV follow.




2. Statements:
A. Some books are pens
B. All tables are chairs.
C. No pens are tables.

Conclusions:
I. Some books are not tables.
II. Some pens are not chairs.
III. Some books are not chairs.
IV. Some chairs are not pens
(a) I, and IV follow
(b) II, and IV follow
(c) I and III follow
(d) II and III follow
(e) III, and IV follow.



3. Statements:
A. All satellites are planets.
B. No stars are planets.
C. Some cosmos are satellites.

Conclusions:
I. Some cosmos are stars.
II. Some cosmos are planets.
III. Some stars are not cosmos.
IV. Some cosmos are not stars
(a) Only II and III follow
(b) Only II and IV follow
(c) Either I or IV follows
(d) Only IV follows
(e) Either I or IV and III follow



4. Statements:
A. All books are notes.
B. Some notes are pencils.
C. No pencils are papers.

Conclusions:
I. Some notes are books.
II. Some pencils are books.
III. Some books are papers.
IV. No books are papers.
(a) Only I follows
(b) Only I and either III or IV follows
(c) Either III or IV follows
(d) Only I and III follow
(e) None of these



5. Statements:
A. Some cups are utensils.
B. No utensils are buckets.
C. All buckets are plates.

Conclusions:
I. Some cups are buckets.
II. Some utensils are plates.
III. No utensils are plates.
IV. Some cups are plates
(a) Only I follows
(b) Only III follows
(c) Either II or III follows
(d) Either III or IV follows
(e) None of these




Solutions:

1. Conclusion drawn from statements A and B is All thieves are graduates.
Conclusion I is obvious from this sentence. III is obvious from statement A. Also A + A + E = A + E = E.
So, Conclusion drawn from all the three is No thieves are employed. II is obvious from this sentence.

2. I follows from statements A and C. IV follows from statements C and B. No other conclusion is possible.

3. Statements C + A gives Some cosmos are planets. So II is valid. By aligning II and B or by aligning all the three statements, we get IV.

4. Conversion of A gives Some notes are books. Therefore I follows. For II A and B are the relevant statements. But A + I - type pair has no conclusion. So II is not valid. For III all the statements are relevant. No definite conclusion can be obtained from this combination. But conclusions III and IV form a complementary pair. Hence either conclusion III or conclusion IV follows.


5. For I, A and B are relevant. But the conclusion obtained here is Some cups are not buckets. So I is not valid. II and III form a complementary pair. For IV, all the statements are relevant. But no conclusion is obtained for this combination.


Winners of this Quiz:

1. Manwar
2. Dreamer/Rohit (Well Explained)
3. FedEx:)/Ettle
4. Spider/Lovely





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