Which of the following conclusions can be validly drawn from the given set of premises? 1) No hero is coward. 2) Some soldiers are cowards. Conclusions:

Premise 1 says no hero is a coward, so the hero circle and the coward circle do not overlap. Premise 2 says some soldiers are cowards, so at least some soldiers lie inside the coward circle. Those soldiers must lie outside the hero circle. That gives Some soldiers are not heroes, which is option C, and it follows necessarily.

Why the others fail:

• A: Premise 2 directly asserts that some soldiers are cowards, so "no soldier is a coward" contradicts it.
• B: Nothing says all soldiers are heroes. The cowards alone already rule this out.
• D: "Some soldiers are heroes" would need a soldier outside the coward group, and the premises give no such soldier. We cannot assume one.

Core concept: categorical syllabus logic (Venn diagrams, distribution of terms). Such statements are the base for reasoning questions in Paper I and for clear argument-building in Mains essays.

Trap: Students pick D because it sounds like the opposite of "no hero is a coward". Negating a universal does not create a positive statement about heroes. Check each conclusion against a diagram, not a feeling.