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Direction: In the following question, there are two statements followed by two conclusions numbered I and II.  You have to take the two given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts and decide which of the given conclusion(s) logically follow(s) from the two given statements, disregarding commonly known facts.Statements:All writers are lawyers.All readers are lawyers.Conclusions:I. Some lawyers are readers.II. Some readers are writers.A If only Conclusion I follows B If only Conclusion II follows C If either I or II follows D If neither I nor II follows

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Direction: In the following question, there are two statements followed by two conclusions numbered I and II.  You have to take the two given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts and decide which of the given conclusion(s) logically follow(s) from the two given statements, disregarding commonly known facts.Statements:All writers are lawyers.All readers are lawyers.Conclusions:I. Some lawyers are readers.II. Some readers are writers.A If only Conclusion I follows B If only Conclusion II follows C If either I or II follows D If neither I nor II follows

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The answer is D. Neither I nor II follows.

Here's why:

From the first statement, we know that all writers are lawyers. However, this does not necessarily mean that some lawyers are readers. Lawyers could be many other things, not just readers. So, Conclusion I does not follow.

From the second statement, we know that all readers are lawyers. But this does not necessarily mean that some readers are writers. Readers could be many other things, not just writers. So, Conclusion II does not follow.

Therefore, neither of the conclusions follows from the given statements.

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