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Direction: In the following questions, the symbols @, #, $, %, & are used with the following meaning as illustrated below:

‘A @ B’ means ‘A is neither smaller than nor equal to B’.

‘A # B’ means ‘A is not smaller than B’.

‘A $ B’ means ‘A is not greater than or equal to B’.

‘A % B’ means ‘A is not greater than B’.

‘A & B’ means ‘A is neither smaller nor greater than B’.

Now in each of the following questions assuming the given statements to be true, find which of the conclusions given below is/are definitely true?

Statements:

J $ M & T @ P, O # K # U & X, U $ T $ F & X, P # V # H $ K

Conclusions:

I. P @ H $ O

II. P & H $ O

III. T @ P $ F

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  1. Both Conclusions II and III are true
  2. Either Conclusion I or Conclusion II is true
  3. Both Conclusions I and III are true
  4. None of the Conclusions are true 
  5. Either Conclusion I or Conclusion II and Conclusion III are true

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Option 5 : Either Conclusion I or Conclusion II and Conclusion III are true
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According to the given information, 

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Statements: J $ M & T @ P, O # K # U & X, U $ T $ F & X, P # V # H $ K

On converting: qImage68134ee830f702991e8f663a

On combining: qImage68134ee930f702991e8f663b

Conclusions:

I. P @ H $ O qImage68134ee930f702991e8f663cTrue but not definitely (It is clear from above inequality)

II. P & H $ O qImage68134ee930f702991e8f663f  True but not definitely (It is clear from above inequality)

III. T @ P $ F qImage68134eea30f702991e8f6641   True (It is clear from above inequality)

Hence, either conclusion I or conclusion II and conclusion III are true.

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