Statements: Some doctors are teachers. All teachers are counsellors. Conclusions: I. Some counsellors are not teachers. II. Some doctors are counsellors

Only conclusion I follows
Only conclusion II follows
Both conclusion I and II follow
Neither conclusion I nor II follow

Correct Answer: Only conclusion II follows

Explanation:

First premise is Particular Affirmative (I–type).
Second premise is Universal Affirmative (I-type).
Both the premises are already aligned. Thus,
Some doctors are teachers ↔ All teachers are counsellors.
We know that, I + A ⇒ I-type conclusion.
Therefor, our derived conclusion would be:
"Some doctors are counsellors". Thus, only conclusion II follows.

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