Statements: 1. All stenographers are lazy. 2. Some men are

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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 statement(s).

Statements:
1. All stenographers are lazy.
2. Some men are stenographers.
Conclusions:
I. All lazy people are men.
II. Some men are lazy.

1. Only Conclusion I follows
2. Only Conclusion II follows
3. Both Conclusion I and Conclusion II follow
4. Neither Conclusion I nor Conclusion II follows

Correct Option: B

First Premise is Universal Affirmative (A-type).
Second Premise is Particular Affirmative (I-type).
Some men are stenographers. ↔ All stenographers are lazy.
I + A ⇒ I-type of Conclusion “Some men are lazy”.
This is Conclusion II.