Statements: (A) No cow is a chair. (B) All chairs are tables. Conclusions: I. Some tables are chairs. II. Some tables are cows. III. Some chairs are cows. IV. No table is a cow.

Either II or III follow
Either II or IV follow
Only I follows
\All conclusions follow

Correct Answer:

Explanation:

First Premise is Universal Negative (E-type).
Second Premise is Universal Affirmative (A-type).
No cow is chair. ↔ All chairs are tables.
E + A ⇒ O₁ – type of Conclusion "Some tables are not cows."
Conclusion I is Converse of the second Premise. Therefore, Conclusion I follows.
Conclusions II and IV form Complementary Pair. Therefore, either Conclusion II or IV follows. Thus, Conclusion I and Conclusion II or IV follow.
There is no such options.

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