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Direction: Consider the given statement(s) to be true and decide which of the given conclusions/assumptions can definitely be drawn from the given statements.

  1. Statements:
    1. All books are novels.
    2. Some novels are poems.
    Conclusions:
    I. Some books are poems.
    II. Some poems are novels.
    1. Only Conclusion I follows
    2. Only Conclusion II follows
    3. Neither Conclusion I nor Conclusion II follows
    4. Both Conclusion I and Conclusion II follow
Correct Option: B

First Premise is Universal Affirmative (A-type).
Second Premise is Particular Affirmative (I-type).
All books are novels. ↔ Some novels are poems.
A + I ⇒ No Conclusion
Conclusion II is the Converse of the second Premise.



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