In each question below are four statements followed by four conclusions numbered I,II,III and IV You have to take the four given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance with commonly known facts and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the four given statements disregarding commonly known facts. Then decide which of the answer and indicate it on a),b),c),d) and e) is the correct answer and indicate it on the answersheet
Statements:All stones are pearls.Some pearls are shells
Some shells are boxes. No box is container
Conclusions:I.Some stones are shells
II. No pearl is container
III.No shell is container
IV.Some pearls are containers
The data can be intrepreted in Venn Diagram form as:
I.Some stones are shells. This cannot be said with surety. As Stones and Shells may intersect or not.
II. No pearl is container.
III.No shell is container. The container set may or may not intersect with Shell set. No conclusion can be made.
IV.Some pearls are containers. Together II and IV form a universal set and either of them has to be true.
Only option C is correct.
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