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Three statements are followed by three conclusions numbered I, II, and III. You have to consider these statements to be true, even if they seem to beat variance with commonly known facts, and decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the given statements.

Statements:

All pans are pens.

All pens are brushes.

All brushes are tables.

Conclusions:

I. Some tables are pans.

II. All pens are pans.

III. No pen is a pan.

AEither conclusion I or conclusion III follows

BNone of the conclusions follow

COnly conclusion I follows

DOnly conclusion II follows

Answer:

C. Only conclusion I follows

Read Explanation:

Using syllogism logic, the statement chain "All pans are pens," "All pens are brushes, "and "All brushes are tables" implies that some tables are pans, making conclusion I valid.


Related Questions:

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Statements:

I. Some potatoes are a tomato.a

II. No tomato is a brinjal.

III. All tomatoes are beans.

Conclusions:

I. Some brinjal are potato.

II. No potato is a tomato.

III. Some tomato is a potato

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Statements:

All donkeys are horses.

No cow is a horse.

Conclusions:

I. Some cows are donkeys

II. Some horses are donkeys.

III. No donkeys is a cow.

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Statements:
1. Some animals are elephants.
2. Some elephants are tigers.

Conclusions:
I. Some animals are tigers.
II. No tiger is an animal.

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Statements:
No plant is a tree.
All ornaments are plants.

Conclusions:
I. No ornament is a tree.
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