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Statements: Some songs are throngs. So...

Statements: Some songs are throngs.
Some throngs are longs.
Conclusions: I Some songs are longs.
II No songs are longs.
III Only longs are songs.
IV. Only songs are longs.

A

Only I follows

B

Only III follows

C

Either I or II follows

D

Either III or IV follows

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C
No conclusion. Hence, no conclusion can be established between .songs. and .longs.. But we see that I and II form a complementary pair One of them must be true. Hence, either of them follows. Hows. Hence, I follows.
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