Assume the statements are true.
Statements: No tent is a pillow. Some pillows are blankets.
Conclusions:
I. Some tents are not blankets.
II. Some blankets are not tents.

Only I followsCorrect answerYour answerOnly II followsCorrect answerYour answerEither I or II followsCorrect answerYour answerNeither I nor II followsCorrect answerYour answer

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CorrectNot quiteAnswer B

Correct answer: B

The blankets that are pillows cannot be tents, because no pillow is a tent. So some blankets are not tents: II follows.
For conclusion I, draw all the tents inside the blanket circle but away from the pillows. Every statement still holds, yet every tent is a blanket. So I is not definite.
Only II follows.

Worth noting

In 'No + Some' the definite conclusion runs from the SECOND group: Some blankets are not tents. Reading it the other way round is the classic trap.

Concept: No + Some gives Some … not in one direction only
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The rule this testsTwo statements

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Assume the statements are true.Statements: No tent is a pillow. Some pillows are blankets.Conclusions:I. Some tents are not blankets.II. Some blankets are not tents.

Explanation

Assume the statements are true.
Statements: No tent is a pillow. Some pillows are blankets.
Conclusions:
I. Some tents are not blankets.
II. Some blankets are not tents.