Statements: Some cars are buses. All cars are caves. Conclusions:

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Direction: Consider the given statements to be true and decide which of the given Conclusions/assumptions can definitely be drawn from the given statements.

Statements:
Some cars are buses.
All cars are caves.
Conclusions:
I. Some caves are not buses.
II. Some caves are buses.
III. No cave is a bus.
IV. Some caves are cars.

1. Only Conclusion I follows
2. Only Conclusion II follows
3. Only Conclusions II and IV follow
4. Only Conclusion IV follows

Correct Option: C

First Premise is Particular Affirmative (I–type).
Second Premise is Universal Affirmative (A–type).
Some buses are cars. ↔ All cars are caves.
I + A ⇒ I–type of Conclusion “Some buses are caves.”
Conclusion II is the Converse of it.
Conclusion IV is Converse of the second Premise.