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Direction: In each of the following questions one/two statements are given followed by two conclusions I and II. You have to consider the two statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts. You have to decide which ofthe given conclusions, if any, follow from the given statements.

  1. Statements :
    All animals are birds.
    Some animals are human beings.
    Conclusions :
    I. Some human beings are birds.
    II. Some birds are human beings.
    1. I follows
    2. II follows
    3. Both I or II follow
    4. Neither I nor II follows
Correct Option: C

First Premise is Universal Affirmative (A - type).
Second Premise is Particular Affirmative (I - type).
Some human beings are animals. ↔ All animals are birds.
I + A ⇒ I-type of Conclusion “Some human beings are birds”.
This is Conclusion I.
Conclusion II is converse of it.



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