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Statements: Some desks are tables.
All tables are icecreams.
Some icecreams are straps.
Conclusions: I Some tables are icecreams.
II Some desks are icecreams.
III Some desks are straps.
IV. Some desks are not straps.

A

I. II and III follow

B

I, II and IV follow

C

II and III follow

D

None of these

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Some desks are tables + All tables are icecreams=I+A=I=Some desies are icecreams. Hence, II follows. Also, All tables are icecreams. `to` (obviously)`to` Some tables are icecreams. Hence, I follow III and IV form a complementary pair, one of them has to be true. (See Controversy on syllogism.) Hence, either III or IV follows.
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