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Statements: All tubes are handles. All cups are handles. Conclusions: All cups are tubes. Some handles are not cups.

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:

Both the premises are A type propositions. So, in either, the middle term 'handles' forming the predicate is not distributed. Since the middle term is not distributed even once in the premises, no definite conclusion follows

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