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Statement
Should all the factories in the cities be shifted to the outskirts, far away from the main city?
Arguments
I. Yes, this is an essential Step for controlling pollution in the city.
II. No, such a Step will lead to lot of inconvenience to the employees of the factories and their families as well.
Options
A. if only Argument I is strong
B. if only Argument II is strong
C. if either I or II is strong
D. if neither I nor II is strong

Correct Answer

if only Argument I is strong

Explanation

Argument I is strong because pollution control is highly desirable. Argument II is weak.

More questions

1.
Statement:
"It is tall claims that our state X is progressing on industrial front. Rising unemployment by leaps and bounds is enough to collaborate it." - View of a politician of state X
Assumptions:
I. If the state were progressing on the industrial front it should have been reflected in the unemployment situation.
II. Progress on industrial front reduces financial crunch.
Options
A. if only assumption I is implicit.
B. if only assumption II is implicit.
C. if either I or II is implicit.
D. if neither I nor II is implicit.

2.
Statement:
All chairs are tables. All tables are cushions. Some cushions are trolleys. All trolleys are lamps.
Conclusions:
I. Some lamps are tables.
II. Some trolleys are chairs.
III. Some cushions are lamps.
IV. All chairs are cushions.
Options
A. Only I follows
B. Only III and IV follow
C. Only either II or II follows
D. All follows

3.
Statements:
(a) All clerks are typists.
(b) Some typists are stenos.
Conclusions:
I. Some stenos are clerks.
II. No steno is a clerk.
III. All typists are clerks.
IV. All clerks are stenos.
Options
A. All the conclusions follow
B. None of conclusions follow
C. Either I or II follows
D. Only IV follows

4.
Statements:
(a) Most players are men.
(b) Some men are singers.
Conclusions:
I. Some singers are men.
II. Some players are singers.
Options
A. Only conclusion I follows
B. Only conclusion II follows.
C. Neither conclusion I or II follows
D. Both conclusions I and II follow

5.
While sitting in a park, you observe that a smart young man comes to the place on a scooter, leaves it there and goes away with someone else on a motorbike. You would
Options
A. call back the person
B. remain engaged in your enjoyment
C. chase the person
D. inform the police at the nearby booth

8. First bunch of bananas has (1/4) again as many bananas as a second bunch. If the second bunch has 3 bananas less than the first bunch, then the number of bananas in the first bunch is
Options
A. 9
B. 10
C. 12
D. 15

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