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

  1. Statements:
    (a) Some books are mobiles.
    (b) Some calculators are mobiles.
    Conclusions:
    I. Some mobiles are calculators.
    II. Some mobiles are books.
    1. Only conclusion I follows
    2. Only conclusion II follows
    3. Both conclusions I and II follow
    4. Neither conclusion I nor II follows
Correct Option: C

Both the Premises are Particular Affirmative (I-type). No Conclusion follows from the two Particular Premises.
Conclusion I is the Converse of the second Premise.
Conclusion II is the converse of the first Premise.



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