Read the given statements and conclusions carefully. Accept the information given in the statements as correct, even if it appears to be different from 'commonly known facts, and decide which of the given conclusions(s) logically follow from the statements.  statement: (I) All tablets are medicines. (II) All prescriptions are tablets. Conclusions: (I) All tablets are prescriptions. (II) Some medicines are prescriptions.

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  1. 1) Only conclusion (II) follows.
  2. 2) Both conclusions (I) and (II) follow.
  3. 3)Neither conclusion (I) nor (II) follows. 
  4. 4) Only conclusion (I) follows.

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Option 1 : 1) Only conclusion (II) follows.
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The least possible Venn diagram for the given statements is as shown below :

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Conclusions:

(I) All tablets are prescriptions. → Follow (As no keyboard is key and all keys are rings. So it is possible but not definite.)

(II) Some medicines are prescriptions. → Does not follow (As some mouse are keyboard and no keyboard is key. As whole prescription comes in tablets which whole comes in medicines, therefore it is true.)

∴ Here, Only conclusion (I) follows.

Hence, the correct answer is "Option 1".

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