Statement: All flowers are trees. Some trees are houses All houses are wheels. Conclusions: I. Some wheels are trees. II. Some trees are flowers. III.Some wheels are flowers.

Only I and II follow
Only I and III follow
Only II and III follow
All I, II and III follow

Correct Answer: Only I and II follow

Explanation:

Some trees are houses + All houses are wheels = I + A = I = Some trees are wheels → (I) conversion → Some wheels are trees (I). Hence I follows. All flowers are tree → (A) conversion → Some trees are flowers (I). Hence II follows. But II and III can't, be combined as they are I -type statements Hence III does not follow.

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