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Direction: In each of the following questions, one/three statements are given followed by two/ three/four conclusions/assumptions I, II, III & IV. 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, follow from the given statements.

  1. Statements:
    All students are boys.
    No boy is dull.
    Conclusions:
    I. There are no girls in the class.
    II. No student is dull.
    1. Only conclusion I follows
    2. Only conclusion II follows
    3. Both conclusions I and II follow
    4. Neither conclusion I nor conclusion II follows
Correct Option: B

First Premise is Universal Affirmative and the second Premise is Universal Negative (E-type).
All students are boys. ↔ No boy is dull.
A + E ⇒ E–type of Conclusion “No student is dull”
This is conclusion II.



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