Statement: Some trains are cars. All cars are branches. All branches are nets. Some nets are dresses. Conclusions: I. Some dresses are cars II. Some nets are trains. III. Some branches are trains IV. Some dresses are trains.

Only I and III follow
Only II and III follow
Only I and IV follow
Only II, III and IV follow

Correct Answer: Only II and III follow

Explanation:

All branches are nets + Some nets are dresses = A + I = No conclusion Hence I and IV does not follow. Some trains are branches → conversion → Some branches are trains (I) Hence III follows. Some trains are branches + All branches are nets = I + A = I = Some trains are nets → conversion → Some nets are trains (I) Hence II follows.

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