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Syllogism Question

 Syllogism Question:

Question: How many conclusions can be drawn from the given statements?

Statement 1: Some Pens are Pencils.

Statement 2: All Pencils are Erasers.


Ans: 5

[Explanation: From Statement 1, one conclusion can be drawn: Some Pencils are Pens.

From Statement 2, two conclusions can be drawn: Some Pencils are Erasers. & Some Erasers are Pencils.

Combining both the statements 1 & 2, one conclusion can be drawn: Some Pens are Erasers.

From the statement 'Some Pens are Erasers.', one more conclusion can be drawn: Some Erasers are Pens.]

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