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Directions: In each question below are two statements followed by two conclusions numbered I and II. You have to take the two given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the two statements disregarding commonly known facts.

Statements: I. Some papers are plastics.

II. All papers are clothes.

Conclusions: I. Some plastics are clothes.

II. Some plastics are papers.

A) Only I follows     

B)        Only II follows

C) Either I or II follows        

D) Neither I nor II follows

E) Both land II follow

Correct Answer: E

Solution :

Explanation Option [e] is correct. Let us see: Some plastics are . (I type) [Conversion of 1st premise] All  are clothes. (A type) I + A = I type conclusion. "Some plastics are clothes Conclusion II is converse of the first premise. Rest of the options is incorrect because of the correctness of option [e].