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In the following question, three statements are given followed by four conclusions numbered I, II, III and IV. You have to take the given statements to be true even if they seem at variance with commonly known facts and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the given statements disregarding commonly known facts.

Statements: Some mountains are hillocks. some mountains are rivers. Some mountains are valleys.

Conclusions: I. All mountains are either hillocks or river or valleys. II. No valley is river.  III. Some river are valleys.


A) None follows

B) Only I follow

C) Only either II or III follows

D) Only III follows

E) None of these

Answer:

Option C

Explanation:

Since each combination of premises shall contain two particular premises, no definite conclusion can be drawn.However, II and III are statements involving the extreme terms of the last two premises and form a complementary pair. Thus, either II or III follows.