In each of the following questions, two/three statements are given followed by two conclusions numbered I and II. You have to take the given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts. Read both the conclusions and then decide which of the given conclusions logically and definitely follows from the given statements disregarding commonly known facts.

Statements:-
No fruit is a vegetable.
All potatoes are vegetables.
Some fruits are apples.

Conclusions:-
I. No fruit is a potato.
II. At least some apples are fruits.

Both conclusion I and conclusion II follow

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Either conclusion I or conclusion II follows

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Only conclusion II follows

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Neither conclusion I nor conclusion II follows

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Only conclusion I follows

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Solution

The correct option is A Both conclusion I and conclusion II follow
All potatoes are vegetables + No vegetables is fruit = A + E = E + no potato is fruit $\to$ conversion $\to$ No fruit is a potato. Therefore, conclusion I follows. Again some fruits are apples (I) $\to$ conversion $\to$ (Atleast some apples are fruit (I). Therefore, conclusion II follows.

So, both conclusion I and II follow.

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