Statements : Some papers are pens. Some pencils are pens. Conclusions : I. Some pens are pencils. II. Some pens are papers.

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: C. Either I or II follows

The first statement is “Some papers are pens.” This means that there exists at least one paper that is also a pen. The second statement is “Some pencils are pens.” This means that there exists at least one pencil that is also a pen.

From these two statements, we can conclude that there exists at least one object that is both a paper and a pen. This means that conclusion I, “Some pens are pencils,” follows.

However, we cannot conclude that there exists at least one object that is both a pencil and a paper. This means that conclusion II, “Some pens are papers,” does not follow.

In other words, we can conclude that there exists at least one object that is a pen and a paper, but we cannot conclude that there exists at least one object that is a paper and a pen. Therefore, either conclusion I or conclusion II follows, but not both.

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