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Direction: In the question two statements are given each followed by two Conclusions, I and II. You have to consider the statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts. You have to decide which of the given Conclusions, if any, follows from the given statements.

  1. Statements:
    a. Some clerks are poor.
    b. A is poor.
    Conclusions:
    a. A is clerk.
    b. A has a large family.
    1. Only Conclusion II follows.
    2. Neither Conclusion I nor Conclusion II follows.
    3. Both Conclusions I and II follow
    4. Only Conclusion I follows.
Correct Option: B

Some clerks (not all) are poor and A is poor.
Therefore, it is not certain that A is a clerk. Thus, neither Conclusion I nor Conclusion II follows.



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