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Direction: In each of the questions below are given three statements followed by two conclusions numbered I and II. You have to take the 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 logically follows from the given statements disregarding commonly known facts.

Statements:

All guavas are mangoes.

Some mangoes are apples.

No apple is pineapple.

Conclusions:

I. Some pineapples are guavas.

II. No pineapple is guava.

A) Give Answer : If only Conclusion I follows

B) Give Answer : If only Conclusion II follows

C) Give Answer : If either Conclusion I or Conclusion II follows

D) Give Answer : If neither Conclusion I nor Conclusion II follows

E) Give Answer : If both Conclusions I and 11 follow

Correct Answer: C

Solution :

   Some mangoes are apples. (I-type) No apple is pineapple. (E-type) I + E = 0-type of Conclusion "Some mangoes are not pineapples." Conclusions   I   and   II   form Complementary Pair. Therefore, either Conclusion 1 or II follows.