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Statements: No book is a hook.
All hooks are birds.
Conclusions: I Some birds are not books
II Some birds are books.
III Some books are not birds.
IV. Some books are birds.

A

Either I or II and either III or IV follow

B

Either I or II and III follow

C

Either III or IV and I follow

D

I and III follows

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C

No book is a hook + All hooks are birds - E+A= O reversed. Hence. "Some birds are not books" follows. Again, III and IV make a [I-O type] complementary pair, hence one of them must be true
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