Read the given statements and conclusions carefully. You have to take the given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts and decide which conclusion(s) logically follow(s) from the given statements.

Statements:

Some rocks are apples.

Some apples are horses.

Some horses are nails.

Conclusions:

(I) Some nails are apples.

(II) Some horses are rocks.

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

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Option 2 : Neither conclusion (I) nor (II) follows.
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Conclusions:

(I) Some nails are apples → False(as, there is no direction relation between them)

(II) Some horses are rocks → False(as, there is no direction relation between them)

Thus, Neither conclusion (I) nor (II) follows.

Hence, the correct answer "Option 2".

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