Direction: Consider the given statements to be true and decide which of the given conclusions/assumptions can definitely be drawn from the given statements.
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Statements:
Many books are rocks.
All rocks are clips.
Conclusions:
I. Some books are clips.
II. No rock is a book.
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- Only Conclusion I follows
- Only Conclusion II follows
- Both Conclusion I and Conclusion II follow
- Neither Conclusion I nor Conclusion II follows
Correct Option: A
First Premise is Particular Affirmative (I–type).
Second Premise is Universal Affirmative (A–type).
Many (Some) books are rocks. ↔ All rocks are clips.
I + A ⇒ I – type of Conclusion “Some books are clips.”
This is the Conclusion I.
