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: Some mobiles are laptops. No laptop is a computer. All phones are computers. Conclusions: I. At least some mobiles are computers. II. At least some phones are laptops.

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: Some mobiles are laptops. No laptop is a computer. All phones are computers. Conclusions: I. At least some mobiles are computers. II. At least some phones are laptops. Correct Answer Neither <span style="">conclusion I nor II follows.</span>

The least possible Venn diagram is: 

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Conclusions:

I. At least some mobiles are computers. → False (it is possible but not definite)

II. At least some phones are laptops. → False (As no laptop is a computer and all phones are computers → No phone is laptop)

Hence, neither conclusion I nor II follows.

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