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Logical Reasoning(SBI-CL) Statement - Conclusions

Direction: In the question below are given three 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.

Statements:

All scales are pencil.

Some pencils are pens.

Some pens are not erasers.

Conclusions:

I. Some pens are scales.

II. Some scales are pencil.

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Only I follows.

Only II follows

Both follow

None follows

Either I or II follows

Explanation:

- Statements Analysis:

- All scales are pencils: This means every scale is included in the set of pencils.

- Some pencils are pens: There is an overlap between the set of pencils and the set of pens.

- Some pens are not erasers: Not all pens are included in the set of erasers.

- Conclusions Verification:

- Conclusion I: Some pens are scales: This is not necessarily true. While all scales are pencils, it doesn’t imply that any scales are in the subset of pencils that overlap with pens.

- Conclusion II: Some scales are pencils: Since all scales are pencils by definition, this is true.

- Correct Option: Since only the second conclusion is valid based on the given statements, the correct option is:

- Option 2: Only II follows