Question : Directions: In the following questions, some statements are given followed by two / three conclusions / Assumptions respectively. You have to consider the statement to be true, even if it seems to be at variance from commonly known facts. You are to decide which of the given conclusions can be drawn from the given statement. Indicate your answer.
Statements:
Pictures can tell a story. All storybooks have pictures.
Some storybooks have words.
Conclusions:
I. Pictures can tell a story better than words can.
II. The stories in the books are very simple.
III: Some storybooks have both words and pictures.
Option 1: Only conclusion I follows
Option 2: Only conclusion II follows
Option 3: Only conclusion III follows
Option 4: Both conclusions I and II follow
Correct Answer: Only conclusion III follows
Solution :
According to the above-given statement,
Conclusion I:
Pictures can tell a story better than words can.
According to the given statements, pictures can tell a story, and all storybooks have pictures and some storybooks have words but it is not given that pictures can tell a story better than words can. So, this conclusion is false.
Conclusion II:
The stories in the books are very simple.
According to the given statement, it is not given that stories in the books are simple or not. So, this conclusion is false.
Conclusion III:
Some storybooks have both words and pictures.
According to the given statements, pictures can tell a story, and all storybooks have pictures and some storybooks have words. So, we can conclude that some storybooks have both words and pictures. Therefore, this conclusion is true.
So, only the conclusion III is true. Hence, the third option is correct.
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