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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 parrots are monkeys. Some bears are monkeys. Conclusions: (I) All bears are parrots. (II) Some monkeys are not bears.
Both conclusions (I) and (II) follow.
Only conclusion (II) follows.
Neither conclusion (I) nor (II) follows.
Only conclusion (I) follows.
Neither conclusion (I) nor (II) follows.
Draw overlapping Venn diagram sets. Since parrots and bears only intersect with monkeys independently, no direct relation is established between parrots and bears.
Draw overlapping Venn diagram sets. Since parrots and bears only intersect with monkeys independently, no direct relation is established between parrots and bears.
Analyze Statement 1
Some parrots are monkeys. This creates an intersecting region between Parrots and Monkeys.
Analyze Statement 2
Some bears are monkeys. This creates an intersecting region between Bears and Monkeys.
Evaluate Conclusion I
All bears are parrots. There is no given or mandatory link between bears and parrots. Hence, conclusion I does not follow.
Evaluate Conclusion II
Some monkeys are not bears. In standard affirmative (Some) statements, negative deductions without explicit negative premises are not definitively true. Hence, conclusion II does not follow.
A: Both conclusions do not follow as neither is definitively true. B: Only conclusion II does not follow because negative deduction is not certain. D: Only conclusion I does not follow as bears and parrots have no direct relation.
C is correct because neither conclusion (I) nor (II) follows logically from the given statements.
In affirmative syllogism statements (Some A are B, Some B are C), negative conclusions without explicit 'No' or 'Not' statements are always false unless proven by complementary pairs.