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8.
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Statements: All flowers are trees. No
fruit is tree.
Conclusions:
I.
No
fruit is flower.
II.
Some
trees are flowers.
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A.
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Only conclusion I
follows
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B.
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Only conclusion II
follows
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C.
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Either I or II follows
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D.
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Neither I nor II
follows
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E.
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Both I and II follow
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Answer: Option E
Explanation:
As discussed above, the conclusion must be
universal negative and should not contain the middle term. So, it follows that
'No flower is fruit'. I is the converse of this conclusion and thus it follows.
II is the converse of the first premise and so it also holds.
