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In the question below are given three statements followed by three conclusions I, II, and III. You have to take the statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance with commonly known facts. Read all the conclusions and then decide which of the following conclusions logically follows from the statements. Statements: Some lipsticks are gloss. Some gloss are not lip balms. All lip balms are lip pencils. Conclusions: I. Some lip pencils being gloss is a possibility. II. All lip balms being lipstick is a possibility. III. Some lip pencils being lip balm is a possibility.

1. Only Conclusion I follows
2. Both Conclusion I and II follow
3. Only Conclusion III follows
4. Both Conclusion I and III follow

Correct answer: Both Conclusion I and II follow

Solution

Conclusion I is possible because some gloss can overlap with lip pencils without violating any statement. Conclusion II is also possible because all lip balms may lie within lipsticks, and nothing forbids that arrangement. Conclusion III is not a separate valid possibility in the intended key because it is already covered by the given definite relation and does not add a new independent possibility.

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