Statement: Most teachers are hardworking. Choose the conclusion(s) that are implied.

1.Some teachers are hardworking

2.Some teachers are not hardworking

AOnly conclusion I follows ✓ Correct

BOnly conclusion II follows

CBoth conclusions I and II follow

DNeither conclusion I nor II follows

Correct answer: (A) Only conclusion I follows

Explanation

From "Most teachers are hardworking" it follows that some teachers are hardworking.

"Most" asserts a majority, and a majority necessarily includes at least some.

So Statement 1, a particular affirmative, is contained in the given claim.

Statement 2 asserts that some teachers are not hardworking.

The original speaks only of those who are hardworking, not of any who are not.

A claim about the majority gives no guarantee that exceptions exist.

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