Statements: Some poems are songs All songs are melody Conclusions: (I) Some…
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Statements: Some poems are songs
All songs are melody
Conclusions: (I) Some poems are melody (II) Some melodies are songs
Answer: D. Both (I) and (II) follow — Given: Some poems are songs. All songs are melodies. Reasoning: From 'Some poems are songs' there exists at least one item that is both a poem and a song.…
- A.
Only conclusion (I) follows
- B.
Only conclusion (II) follows
- C.
Either (I) or (II) follows
- D.
Both (I) and (II) follow
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Correct answer: D
Given: Some poems are songs.
All songs are melodies.
Reasoning: From 'Some poems are songs' there exists at least one item that is both a poem and a song.
Because all songs are melodies, that poem-that-is-a-song is also a melody. Therefore some poems are melodies (conclusion I).
Also, since songs exist (from the first given) and every song is a melody, there exist melodies that are songs. Therefore some melodies are songs (conclusion II).
Conclusion: Both conclusions logically follow.