Statement: Some roads are ponds. All ponds are stores. Some stores are bags. Conclusions: I. Some bags are ponds. II. Some stores are roads.

if conclusion I follow
if conclusion II follows
if either conclusion I or II follows
if neither conclusion I nor II follows

Correct Answer: if conclusion II follows

Explanation:

All ponds are stores + Some stores are bags = I + A = No conclusion Hence I does not follow. Some roads are ponds + All ponds are stores = I + A = I = Some roads are stores → conversion → Some stores are roads (I) Hence II follows.

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