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Read the given statements and conclusions carefully. You have to take the given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts and decide which conclusion(s) logically follow(s) from the given statements.

Statements:

Some tablets are laptops.

All laptops are desktops.

Conclusions:

(I) Some desktops are tablets.

(II) No desktops are tablets.

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  1. Only conclusion (II) follows
  2. Both conclusions (I) and (II) follow 
  3. Only conclusion (I) follows
  4. Neither conclusion (I) nor (II) follows

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Option 3 : Only conclusion (I) follows
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Statements:

Some tablets are laptops.

All laptops are desktops.

The least possible venn diagram is given:

Conclusions:

(I) Some desktops are tablets - True(because, Some tablets are laptops and All laptops are desktops, it implies that the part of laptops which are tablets are desktops as well).

(II) No desktops are tablets - False(because, Some tablets are laptops and All laptops are desktops, it implies that the part of laptops which are tablets are desktops as well so it cannot be definite).

Thus, Only conclusion (I) follows.

Hence, the correct answer is "Option 3".

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