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Statements: Some biscuits are pens. So...

Statements: Some biscuits are pens.
Some pens are pouches.
Conclusions: I Some biscuits are pouches.
II Some pouches are pens.
III Some pouches are not pens.
IV. Some biscuits are not pouches.

A

Only II follows

B

I and II follow

C

Either IIor III follow

D

None of these

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D

I+I= No conclusion. Hence, no conclusion can be established between biscuits and pouches.. But the two given conclusions between "biscuits. and .pouches. are an 1-O pair, hence they are complementary Thus, either I or IV follows. Again, Some pens are puches gives, on conversion, Some pouches are pens.
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