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Directions (Q. 16-20): Ineach of the questions below are given four statements followed by four conclusions numbered I, II, III & IV. You have to take the given statements to be true even If they seem to be at variance with commonly known facts. Read all the conclusions and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the given statements disregarding commonly known facts. 

Statements: Some lakes are rivers.
                     Some rivers are mountains.
                     Some mountains are books.
                     Some books are papers.

Conclusions: I. some books are rivers.
                     II. Some papers are lakes.
                     III. Some mountains are lakes.
                     IV. No paper is a lake.

  • Only IV follows
  • Only II follows
  • Only either II or IV follows
  • Only either II or IV and III follows
  • None follows
Answer- C

I-type statements can’t be combined. However, II and IV make a complementary I-E pair. Hence either II or IV follows. 


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