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In the following question below are given some statements followed by some Conclusions. Taking the given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts, read all the conclusions and then decide which of the given Conclusions logically follows from the given statements.
Statements :
I. No purse is cloth.
II. All purses are leather.
Conclusions :
I. No leather is cloth.
II. Some leather are cloth.
III. Some leather are purses. 

A

Only Conclusion I follows.

B

Only Conclusion III follows.

C

Only Conclusion I and Conclusion II follows.

D

All Conclusions follow.

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First Premise is Universal Negative (E - type ) .
No cloth is purse

All purses are leather.
`E +A rArr O_(1) `- type of Conclusion.
"Some leather are not cloth".
Conclusion I and Conclusion II form Complementary Pair.Therefore, either Conclusion I or Conclusion II follows .Conclusion III is the Converse of the second Premise.
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