IBPS PO 2011 · Question 8 of 237

Directions: In each question below are given two/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 and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the given statements disregarding commonly known facts. Give answer 1) if only conclusion I follows. 2) if only conclusion II follows. 3) if either conclusion I or conclusion II follows. 4) if neither conclusion I nor conclusion II follows. 5) if both conclusion I and conclusion II follow. (Q. 6-7): Statements: All gliders are parachutes. No parachute is an airplane. All airplanes are helicopters. Statements: Some mails are chats. All updates are chats. Conclusions: L All mails being updates is a possibility. II. No update is a mail. (Q. 9-10): Statements: No stone is metal. Some metals are papers. All papers are glass.

1. Aif only conclusion I followsCorrect
2. Bif only conclusion II follows
3. Cif either conclusion I or conclusion II follows
4. Dif neither conclusion I nor conclusion II follows
5. Eif both conclusion I and conclusion II follow