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Statements: All artists are smokers. Some smokers are drunkards. Conclusions: All smokers are artists. Some drunkards are not smokers.

Only conclusion I follows
Only conclusion II follows
Either I or II follows
Neither I nor II follows
Both I and II follow

Correct Answer: Neither I nor II follows

Explanation:

Since the middle term 'smokers' is not distributed even once in the premises, no definite conclusion follows.

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