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Railways PYQCBT 1 2016

RRB NTPC · Question 27

Read the statements and select a conclusion from the given : Statements: All pens are pencils. Some pencils are erasers. Some erasers are ropes. All ropes are tents. Conclusions: I. Some tents are trams. II. Some ropes are pens. III. Some erasers are pens. IV. Some pencils are pens.

  1. Only I and II follow

  2. Only I, II and III follow

  3. Only I and III follow

  4. Only IV follows

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Answer: (D) Only IV follows

Explanation

All pens are pencils, so some pencils are pens (IV follows). Trams are not mentioned (I fails), and nothing links ropes or erasers to pens with certainty (II and III fail). Only IV follows.