Statements: All University Professors have a doctorate degree. X is a lady professor. Conclusions: I. X does not have a Doctorate degree. II. Only men Professors have a Doctorate degree.

Both I & II follow
Only I follows
Neither I nor II follows
Only II follows

Correct Answer: Neither I nor II follows

Explanation:

Both the premises are Universal Affirmative. We can align the premises by changing their order. Thus,
X is a lady professor. ↔ All University professors have a doctorate degree.
We know that,
A + A → A - type conclusion. Thus our derived conclusion would be "X has a doctorate degree".

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