In each question below are three statements followed by three conclusions numbered I, II and III. You have to take the given statement 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 tables are boards.
All pens are boards.
All boards are papers.

Conclusions
I. Some pens are tables.
II. Some papers are pens.
III. No pen is a table.

All follow

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Only either I or III follows

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Only II follows

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Only either I or III and II follow

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None of the above

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Solution

The correct option is D Only either I or III and II follow
Mediate term of the following statement is
All tables are boards (A-type)
All boards are papers (A-type)
$A + A \to A t y p e$
All tables are papers
Conversion
Some papers are tables
Another mediate term is
All pens are boards (A-type)
All boards ar papers (A-type)
$A + A \to A t y p e$
All pens are papers.
Conversion Some papers are pens
Conclusion II follows
Statement I and II are a complementary pair.
So, either of them is true.

Only either I or III and II follow.

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