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Statements: Some aeroplanes are living beings
Some non-living beings are ghosts.
Conclusions: I Some aeroplanes are ghosts.
II Some aeroplanes are not ghosts.

A

if only conclusion I follows

B

if only conclusion II follows

C

if either I or II follows

D

if neither I nor II follows and

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C
No conclusion can be derived as there are four terms instead of the word three : aeroplanes, living beings, non-living beings and ghosts. However one of the two facts, .Some aeroplanes are ghosts and some aeroplanes are not ghost.s must be correct.
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