Statements : Some engineers are fools. Anand is an engineer. Conclusions : I. Some fools are engineers. II. Anand is a fool.

Only conclusion I follows
Only conclusion II follows
Either I or II follows
Neither I nor II follows E. Both I and II follow

The correct answer is: Only conclusion I follows.

The first statement is in the form “Some A are B.” The second statement is in the form “C is A.” The first statement does not tell us anything about whether or not all A are B, so we cannot conclude that C is B. However, the first statement does tell us that there is at least one A that is B, so we can conclude that there is at least one B that is A. In other words, we can conclude that some B are A.

Therefore, the only valid conclusion is conclusion I. Conclusion II is not valid, because it does not follow from the premises.

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