Statements: All teaks are tables. Some tables are golden. Choose the conclusion(s) that logically follow.

1.Some teaks are golden

2.Some golden things are teak

AOnly conclusion I follows

BOnly conclusion II follows

CBoth conclusions I and II follow

DNeither conclusion I nor II follows ✓ Correct

Correct answer: (D) Neither conclusion I nor II follows

Explanation

Neither proposed conclusion can be drawn from these premises.

'All teaks are tables' places teaks inside tables.

'Some tables are golden' speaks only of a part of tables.

That golden part need not include any teak, so teak and golden stay unlinked.

The middle term 'tables' is undistributed, blocking any valid conclusion.

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