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Direction: In the following questions, two statements are given followed by four/two conclusions I, II, III & IV. You have to consider two 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:
    (1) All books are trees.
    (2) All trees are lions.
    Conclusions:
    I. All books are lions.
    II. All lions are books.
    III. All trees are books.
    IV. Some lions are books.
    1. Only II and III follow.
    2. Only I and IV follow.
    3. None of the conclusions follows.
    4. All conclusions follow.
Correct Option: B

Both the Premises are Universal Affirmative (A-type).
All books are trees. ↔ All trees are lions.
A + A ⇒ A-type of Conclusion. ‘‘All books are lions’’.
This is Conclusion I.
Conclusion IV is converse of it.



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