Statement: (I) All cities are towns. (II) Some cities are

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Statement:
(I) All cities are towns.
(II) Some cities are villages.
Conclusions:
(I) All villages are towns.
(II) No village is a town.
(III) Some villages are towns.

1. Only conclusion (III) follows
2. Only conclusion (1) follows
3. Only conclusion (II) follows
4. None of these

Correct Option: A

(i) All cities are towns → Universal Affirmative (A - type).
(ii) Some cities are villages → Particular Affirmative (I - type).
(iii) No village is a town → Universal Affirmative (E - type).
(iv) Some villages are not towns → Particular Negative (O type).
Some villages are cities. ↔All cities are towns.
I + A ⇒I - type of Conclusion “Some villages are towns”.
This is Conclusion III.