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:
Some flies are ants.
All insects are ants.
Conclusions:
I. All flies are ants.
II. Some ants are insects.
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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: B
First Premise is Particular Affirmative (I–type).
Second Premise is Universal Affirmative (A–type).
All insects are ants. ↔ Some ants are flies.
A + I ⇒ No Conclusion
Conclusion II is the Converse of the second Premise.
