Question

Statements : Some sticks are canes All canes are rods. All rods are pipes. Conclusions :
I. Some sticks are rods.
II. Some sticks are pipes.

In each of the questions below are given three statements followed by two conclusions numbered I and II. You have to take the given 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 given conclusions logically follows from the given statements disregarding commonly known facts.

A if both conclusions I and II follow

B if neither conclusion I nor II follows

C if either conclusion I or II follows.

D if only conclusion II follows.

E if only conclusion I follows.