Statements: Some benches are chairs. Hammer is a bench. Choose the conclusion(s) that logically follow.

1.Some chairs are benches

2.Hammer is not a chair

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

Only the first conclusion, that some chairs are benches, follows.

'Some benches are chairs' is a particular affirmative.

Such a statement converts simply, giving 'some chairs are benches'.

Hammer is a bench, but only some benches are chairs.

So whether Hammer is a chair cannot be settled, and the second fails.

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