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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. You have to decide which conclusion/s logically follow/s from the given statements.

Statements:

All beaches are sand.

Some deserts are sand.

All mountains are rocky. 

Conclusions:

(I) At least some beaches are desert.

(II) At least some sands are rocky.

This question was previously asked in
SSC CGL 2024 (Tier-I) Previous Year Paper (17-Sep-2024) (Shift 3)
The correct answer is

Neither conclusion (I) nor (II) follows.

From the given statements, neither conclusion (I) nor conclusion (II) logically follows. No direct connection can be made between the statements and the conclusions.

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