Read the given statements and conclusions carefully. Assuming that the information given in the statements is true, even if it appears to be at variance with commonly known facts, decide which of the given conclusions logically follow(s) from the statements.

Statements:

All rings are bangles.

Some bangles are anklets.

No anklet is a pendant.

Conclusions:

(I) All rings being anklets is a possibility.

(II) All bangles can never be pendants.  

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  1. Only conclusion II follows 
  2. None of the conclusions follow
  3. Only conclusion I follows
  4. Both conclusions I and II follow

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Option 4 : Both conclusions I and II follow
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The least possible Venn diagram for the given statements is as shown below :

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Conclusions:

I. All rings being anklets is a possibility → Follow (As all rings are bangles and some bangles are anklets. As whole rings comes in bangles which have some common part with anklets, therefore rings beings can be a possibility.)

II. All bangles can never be pendants → Follow (As some bangles are anklets and no anklet is a pendant. As some part of bangles is common with anklets which can not be pendant, therefore all bangles can not be pendants is true)

∴ Here, Both conclusions I and II follow.

Hence, the correct answer is "Both conclusions I and II follow"

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