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Direction: In each of the question below are three statements following by three conclusions numbered I, II and III. You have to take the three given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance with commonly known facts and then decide which of the given conclusion logically follows from the two statements disregarding commonly known fact.

  1. Statement:
    Some desks are chairs. Some chairs. Some chairs are pens. Some pens. Some pens are drawers.
    Conclusions:
    I. Some drawers are desks.
    II. Some drawers is chairs.
    III. No drawer is chair.
    1. None follows
    2. Only II follows
    3. Only III follows
    4. Only either II or III follow
    5. Only I and either II or III follow.
Correct Option: D

I-type statements can't be combined no conclusion follow by combined But II and III make a complementary I-E pair, Hence either I or III follows.



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