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DIRECTIONS:The following question have a few statements followed by conclusion. Read the statements and logically select the conclusions that can follow the statements Statements: Some Shirts are Skirts. Some Skirts are Buttons. All Trousers are Buttons. Conclusions: I. Some Skirt are Trousers. II. All Trousers being Shirt is a possibility.Choices:- Neither I nor II follow. I and II follow. Only I follow. Either I or II follow.

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DIRECTIONS:The following question have a few statements followed by conclusion. Read the statements and logically select the conclusions that can follow the statements Statements: Some Shirts are Skirts. Some Skirts are Buttons. All Trousers are Buttons. Conclusions: I. Some Skirt are Trousers. II. All Trousers being Shirt is a possibility.Choices:- Neither I nor II follow. I and II follow. Only I follow. Either I or II follow.

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The correct answer is "Neither I nor II follow."

Here's why:

Statement 1: Some Shirts are Skirts. Statement 2: Some Skirts are Buttons. Statement 3: All Trousers are Buttons.

Conclusion I: Some Skirts are Trousers. This conclusion does not necessarily follow from the statements. While some Skirts are Buttons and all Trousers are Buttons, this does not mean that some Skirts are Trousers. The Skirts that are Buttons could be completely different from the Trousers that are Buttons.

Conclusion II: All Trousers being Shirt is a possibility. This conclusion also does not necessarily follow from the statements. While some Shirts are Skirts and some Skirts are Buttons, and all Trousers are Buttons, this does not mean that all Trousers could be Shirts. The Shirts that are Skirts could be completely different from the Trousers that are Buttons.

Therefore, neither conclusion I nor conclusion II necessarily follow from the statements.

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