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Statement: 1. All teachers are educated. 2. Some educated people are writers. 3. No writer is unemployed. Conclusions: I. Some teachers are not unemployed. II. Some writers are educated.

1. Only I follows
2. Only II follows
3. Both I and II follow
4. Neither I nor II follows

Correct answer: Only II follows

Solution

Conclusion II follows because some educated people are writers, so some writers are educated. Conclusion I does not follow because there is no definite link between teachers and unemployment.

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