In the question given below, three statements are given followed two conclusions. You have to take the given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from the commonly known facts. Read the conclusions and decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the given statements disregarding the commonly known facts.
Statements:
All devices are tools.
No tools are machines.
Only a few appliances are devices.
Conclusions:
I. Some appliances are not machine.
II. Some devices are machine.
1.Only conclusion I follows
2.Either conclusion I or conclusion II follows
3.Both conclusions I and II follow
4.Neither conclusion I nor conclusion II follows
5.Only conclusion II follows
Correct Answer : 1
Solution :
I. Some appliances are not machine: Here, some appliances are tools and no tool is machine. So, some appliances are not machine. So, conclusion I is true.
II. Some devices are machine: Here, all devices are tools and no tool is machine. So, o devices is machine. So, conclusion II is false.
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