In each of the questions below, two statements are given followed by two conclusions numbered 1 and II. You have to take the two statements to he true even if they seem to be at variance from the commonly known facts and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the given statements disregarding the commonly known facts.
a: if only conclusion I follows.
b: if only conclusion II follows.
c: if either conclusion I or conclusion II follows.
d: if neither conclusion I nor conclusion II follows.
e: if both conclusions I and II follow.
Statements :
Some clocks are watches.
No clock is a wall.
Conclusions :
I. All walls are watches.
II. There is a possibility that all watches are clocks.
The venn diagram for above statements is :
Conclusions :
I. All walls are watches = false
II. There is a possibility that all watches are clocks = false
Thus, neither conclusion I nor conclusion II follows.
=> Ans - (D)
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