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Given below are two statements and four conclusions drawn based on the statements. Statement 1: Some soaps are clean. Statement 2: All clean objects are wet. Conclusion I: Some clean objects are soaps. Conclusion II: No clean object is a soap. Conclusion III: Some wet objects are soaps. Conclusion IV: All wet objects are soaps. Which one of the following options can be logically inferred?

1. Only conclusion I is correct
2. Either conclusion I or conclusion II is correct
3. Either conclusion III or conclusion IV is correct
4. Only conclusion I and conclusion III are correct

Correct answer: Only conclusion I is correct

Solution

Statement 1 says some soaps are clean, which directly implies some clean objects are soaps, so Conclusion I follows. Conclusion II contradicts Statement 1, and Conclusions III and IV are not guaranteed because not all soaps need be wet. Hence only Conclusion I is valid.

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