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Logical Reasoning(IBPS CL) Statement - Conclusions

Direction: In the question below are given two statements followed by two conclusions numbered I and II. 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.

Statement:

Only a few books are notebooks.

Some notebooks are notepads.

Conclusion:

I. All books can be notepads

. II. Some books are notepads.

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Only I follows

Only II follows

Either I or II follows

Neither I nor II follows

Both I and II follow

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Explanation:

- Statement 1: Only a few books are notebooks. This implies that some books are notebooks, while others are not.

- Statement 2: Some notebooks are notepads. This means there is at least one notebook that is a notepad.

- Conclusion I: All books can be notepads. This is possible because "only a few books are notebooks" leaves room for books to also be notepads.

- Conclusion II: Some books are notepads. This is not necessarily true because there is no direct link between books and notepads in the given statements.

- Option 1: Only conclusion I follows.

- Option 2: Only conclusion II follows.

- Option 3: Either conclusion I or II follows.

- Option 4: Neither conclusion I nor II follows.

- Option 5: Both conclusions I and II follow.

The correct answer is Option 1: Only I follows.