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Choose the correct option about conclusion drawn from the statements given below.

Statements:
Some pencils are kites
Some kites are desks
All desks are jungles
All jungles are mountains
Conclusions:
(I) Some mountains are pencils
(II) Some jungles are pencils
(III) Some mountains are desks.
(IV) Some jungles are kites.

A
Only I and III follow
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Only I, II and III follow
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C
Only III and IV follow
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Only II, III and IV follow
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Solution

The correct option is B Only III and IV follow
From the statements (iii) and (iv), we can conclude that Some mountains are desks.
From statements (ii) and (iii), we can conclude that Some jungles are kites.
But we can't determine the relation between mountains and pencils.
Also we can't determine the relation between jungles and pencils.
Hence, only conclusion (III) and (IV) follows.

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