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Direction: In each of the question below are Four statements following by Four conclusions numbered I, II, II 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 conclusion logically follows from the two statements disregarding commonly known fact.

  1. Statement:
    Some birds are goats. Some goats are horses. Some horses are lions.
    Some lions are tigers.
    Conclusions:
    I. Some tigers are goats.
    II. No tiger is goat.
    III. Some lions are birds.
    IV. No lion is bird.
    1. Only either I or II follow
    2. Only either III or IV follows
    3. Only either I or II and either III or IV follow
    4. Only I and III follow
    5. None of these
Correct Option: C

I- type statements can't be combined. However, II and II from a complementary I-E pair. So do III and IV Hence either I or II and either III or IV follows.



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