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The statement below is followed by three conclusions labelled I, II and III. You have to assume everything in the statement to be true, and then decide which of the three suggested conclusions logically follows for pursuing.

Statements:

1) No school is an institution but they are establishment.

2) All establishments that are not institutions have buildings.

Conclusions:

I. Schools are not establishments.

II. All schools have buildings.

III. Schools do not have buildings.

The correct answer is

Only conclusion II follows

Schools are establishments and are not institutions. They therefore belong to the establishments covered by statement 2, all of which have buildings. Thus II follows; I contradicts statement 1 and III contradicts the derived result. Only II follows.

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Important Questions from Statements and Conclusions

  1. In the following question below are given some statements followed by some conclusions based on those statements. Taking 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 conclusion logically follows the given statements.

    Statements:

    I. All A are B.

    II. Some B are C.

    Conclusions:

    I. Some A are C.

    II. Some A are not C.

    III. Some A are B.

  2. In the question below are given some statements followed by some conclusions based on those statements. Take the given statements to be true even if they seem to be different from commonly known facts. Read all the conclusions and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the given statements.

    Statements:

    I. Some P are Q.

    II. All P are N.

    Conclusion:

    I. All Q are N.

    II. Some P are not Q.

  3. In the question below are given some statements followed by some conclusions based on those statements. Take the given statements to be true even if they seem to be different from commonly known facts. Read all the conclusions and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the given statements.

    Statements:

    I. Some P are T.

    II. Some T are S.

    III. No J is P.

    Conclusion:

    I. Some S are not J.

    II. Some T are not J.

    III. Some J are not T.

  4. In the question below are given some statements followed by some conclusions based on those statements. 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.

    Statement :

    I. All A are B.

    II. No B is D.

    III. Some D are G.

    Conclusion :

    I. No A is D.

    II. Some G are not B.

    III. Some A are not G.

  5. In the question below are given some statements followed by some conclusions based on those statements. 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.

    Statements:

    I. All A are B.

    II. Some B are C.

    III. All C are D.

    Conclusion:

    I. Some A are D.

    II. Some C are A.

    III. Some B are D.

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