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1. Statements: All marks are grades. No grade is a score. All letters are scores. All scores are characters.
   Conclusions: 
   I. Some characters are grades.
   II. Some letters are marks is a possibility.
   III. Some grades are not characters.
   A) Only I and III follow.
   B) Only II and III follows
   C) Only I follows
   D) None follows.
   
   Answer & Explanation

   D) None follows.
   Explanation: 
   I is not definite
   II – if any letter is marks, then some scores will be grades which is not possible as shown below
   III – does not follow because all grades are characters is a possibility.
2. Statements: Some numbers are digits. All digits are alphabets. No alphabet is a vowel. All consonants are vowels.
   Conclusions: 
   I. All numbers are consonants is a possibility.
   II. No consonant is digit.
   III. No alphabet is number
   A) Only II and III follow
   B) Only I and II follow
   C) Only II follow.
   D) All follow.
   
   Answer & Explanation

   C) Only II follow.
   Explanation: 
   I – if all numbers are consonants, then some vowels will be alphabets which is not possible.
   II – is true because if any consonant is digit, then some vowels will be alphabets which is not possible.
   III – is false, because, some alphabets are definitely numbers as
3. Statements: Some benches are walls. All walls are houses. Some houses are jungles. All jungles are roads.
   Conclusions: 
   I. Some walls are roads
   II. Some jungles are not benches
   III. All jungles being walls is a possibility.
   A) Only III follow
   B) Only I and II follow
   C) Only either I or II and III follow
   D) None follows.
   
   Answer & Explanation

   A) Only III follow
   Explanation: 
   I is not definite
   II – does not follow because all jungles are benches is a possibility as
   III is a possibility.
4. Statements: All bricks are flowers. Some houses are flowers. All pens are houses. No pot is house
   Conclusions: 
   I. No pot is pen
   II. Some pens are flowers.
   III. All pots are flowers is a possibility.
   A) All follows
   B) Only I and III follow
   C) Only II and III follow.
   D) None follows
   
   Answer & Explanation

   B) Only I and III follow
   Explanation: 
   I is definite.
   II is not definite as
   III is a possibility.
5. Statements: All lions are ducks. No duck is a horse. All horses are fruits. Some horses are tanks.
   Conclusions: 
   I. All ducks being fruits is a possibility
   II. Some tanks are lions.
   III. No fruit is lion
   A) Only II and III follow.
   B) Only I and III follow
   C) All follows.
   D) Only I follow
   
   Answer & Explanation

   D) Only I follow
   Explanation: 
   I is a possibility as
   II is not definite.
   III is not definite. In above venn lions are fruits is a possibility
6. Statements: All apartments are huts. No hut is a building. All buildings are cottages. Some cottages are houses.
   Conclusions: 
   I. Some buildings are houses
   II. All apartments being cottages is a possibility.
   III. All houses are huts is a possibility.
   A) Only II follows.
   B) Only II and III follow
   C) All follows.
   D) Only I and III follow
   
   Answer & Explanation

   B) Only II and III follows
   Explanation: 
   I is not definite
   II is a possibility as
   III is a possibility as
7. Statements: All letters are black. All black are blue. No blue is green. Some red are letters.
   Conclusions: 
   I. No letter is green
   II. Some red are blue
   III. Some black are red.
   A) Only II and III follow.
   B) Only I follow.
   C) All follows.
   D) Only I and III follow
   
   Answer & Explanation

   C) All follows.
   Explanation: 
   I is definite
   II and III are definite as
   Shaded portion is all red, black and blue
8. Statements: Some necklaces are bangles. All bangles are ornaments. Some ornaments are treasures. No flower is bangle
   Conclusions: 
   I. All flowers being ornaments is a possibility
   II. All necklaces being flowers is a possibility
   III. No bangle is treasure
   A) Only I follow.
   B) Only either I or II follows
   C) All follows.
   D) Only I and III follow
   
   Answer & Explanation

   A) Only I follow.
   Explanation: 
   I is a possibility
   II – not possible, because if all necklaces are flowers, then some bangles will be flowers which is not possible.
   III is not definite
9. Statements: All beaks are trees. All trees are flowers. No tree is fruit. All bangles are flowers
   Conclusions: 
   I. Some bangles are beaks.
   II. All bangles are fruits.
   III. Some flowers are not fruits.
   A) Only I and III follow.
   B) Only III follows
   C) None follows.
   D) Only II and III follow
   
   Answer & Explanation

   B) Only III follows
   Explanation: 
   I and II are not definite.
   III – all flowers are fruits is not a possibility, so III follow
10. Statements: Some trains are radios. Some radios are rackets. All rings are rackets. No radio is TV.
    Conclusions: 
    I. All trains are TV is a possibility.
    II. Some rings are radios.
    III. Some TV are not rackets.
    A) Only II and III follow.
    B) Only I follow.
    C) All follow.
    D) None follow
    
    Answer & Explanation

    D) None follow
    Explanation: 
    I is not true, because then some radios will be TV
    II is not definite
    III – all TV are rackets is a possibility, so does not follow.