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Statements: Some stars are birds.
No birds are elephants.
Conclusions: I Some stars are not elephants.
II All stars are elephants.
III Some elephants are not stars.
IV. All elephants are stars.

A

Either I or II and either III or IV follow

B

Only I follows

C

Either III or IV follows

D

None of these

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D

Some stars are birds + No birds are elephants=1+E=O. Hence .. Some stars are not elephants" follows. Again, III and IV make a complamentary. pair [O-A type). Hence, one of them must be true.
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