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Direction: In the following question, two statements are given and these statements are followed by two conclusions numbered (1) and (2). You have to take the given two statements to be true even if…

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Direction: In the following question, two statements are given and these statements are followed by two conclusions numbered (1) and (2). You have to take the given two statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts. Read the conclusions and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the two given statements, disregarding commonly known facts.
Statements: All the trucks are flies.
Some scooters are flies.
Conclusions: (1) All the trucks are scooters.
(2) Some scooters are trucks.
  1. Only conclusion (1) follows
  2. Only conclusion (2) follows
  3. Either conclusion (1) or conclusion (2) follow
  4. Neither conclusion (1) nor conclusion (2) follow

Answer and explanation

Correct answer: D - Neither conclusion (1) nor conclusion (2) follow
Trucks and scooters are linked only through flies (some scooters are flies), so no definite relation between trucks and scooters follows. Neither conclusion follows.

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