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In each of the questions below are given four statements 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 all the conclusions and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the given statements disregarding commonly known facts.

Statements
All tablets are packets.
No packet is a bag.
Some bags are toys.
All toys are puppets.

Conclusions
I. Some puppets are tablets.
II. Some puppets are bags.

A
Only conclusion I follows
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B
Only conclusion II follows
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C
Either conclusion I or II follows
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D
Neither conclusion I nor II follows
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E
Both conclusions I and II follow
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Solution

The correct option is B Only conclusion II follows
The first and fourth premises are universal affirmative (A-type).
The second Premise is universal negative (E-type).
The third premise is particular affirmative (I-type).
All tablets are packets.
No packet is a bag.
A+EE-type conclusion
Conclusion, no tablet is a bag.
No packet is a bag.
Some bags are toys.
E+IO1-type conclusion
Conclusion, some toys are not packets.
Some bags are toys.
All toys are puppets.
I+AI-type conclusion
Conclusion, some bags are puppets.
Conclusion II is the converse of this conclusion.

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