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- Question
- Statement :
1. Temple is place of worship
2. Church is also a place of worship.
Conclusions :
I. Hindus and Christians use the same place for worship.
II. All churches are temples.
Options- A. Neither conclusion I nor II follows
- B. Both conclusions I and II followo
- C. Only conclusion I follows
- D. Only conclusion II follows
- Correct Answer
- Neither conclusion I nor II follows
ExplanationTemple and Church are place of worship. It does not imply that hindus and christians use the same place for worship.
Therefore, neither I nor II follows. - 1. Statement:
All over the world there is rat race for achieving higher growth rate of the GDP, but the economic benefits are seldom calculated vis-a-vis the social cost incurred in the from of degradation of environment.
Conclusions :
I. Higher growth rate achieved by degradation of environment is not good.
II. Other modes of achieving higher growth rate is more beneficiary than the current mode.
Options- A. if only conclusion I follows
- B. if only conclusion II follows
- C. if either I or II follows
- D. if neither I nor II follows, and Discuss
- 2. Statement:
There is an anomalous situation in India at present. The food production is over 200 m tonnes and there are 40 m tonnes of foodgrains in the godowns. But there is no food security among millions of people.
Conclusions :
I. People do not have the power to purchase food.
II. Indian government exports most part of the foodgrains.
Options- A. if only conclusion I follows
- B. if only conclusion II follows
- C. if either I or II follows
- D. if neither I nor II follows, and Discuss
- 3. Statement:
The militants killed in recent commando operation in country X wore new shoes.-A leader of country X
Conclusions :
I. The militants were not citizens of country 'X'.
II. The militants were not foreigners.
Options- A. if only conclusion I follows
- B. if only conclusion II follows
- C. if either I or II follows
- D. if neither I nor II follows, and Discuss
- 4. Statement:
We are not going to recruit those persons as our Research Team Members who are below thirty years of age and do not have versatile qualities.-Statement of an organization XYZ
Conclusions :
I. Those who will be selected will posses many different skills.
II. Those who will be selected for the post will be more than thirty years of age.
Options- A. if only conclusion I follows
- B. if only conclusion II follows
- C. if either I or II follows
- D. if neither I nor II follows, and Discuss
- 5. Statement:
The book 'X' is the only one which focuses on cross- border terrorism in India during the last two decades.
Conclusions :
I. No other book deals with cross-border terrorism in India.
II. There were not any kind of threat from cross-border terrorism two decades ago.
Options- A. if only conclusion I follows
- B. if only conclusion II follows
- C. if either I or II follows
- D. if neither I nor II follows, and Discuss
- 6. Statement : Aggressive animals can be trained with care and affection to behave as the occassion demands.
Conclusion I : Trained dogs cannot be aggressive.
II : Animals are always aggressive unless care and and affection is given to them.
Options- A. Only I follows
- B. Only II follows
- C. Neither I nor II follows
- D. Both I and II follows Discuss
- 7. Two statements are given. You have to answer considering the statement to be true, even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts.
Statements ;
1. James works in a factory.
2. He gets a salary.
Options- A. James loves his work and his salary.
- B. James gets paid for his work.
- C. James loves his salary
- D. James likes to work in a factory. Discuss
- 8. Statement :
1. Some clerks are poor;
2. A is poor
Conclusion :
I. A is clerk.
II. A has a large family.
Options- A. Both conclusions I and Ii
- B. Only conclusion II
- C. Only conclusion I follows.
- D. Neither conclusion I nor conclusion Ii follows. Discuss
- 9. Statement: Ministers arrived at the public function in their cars.
Conclusions:
I. All ministers are rich
II. Ministers have cars.
III. Ministers came to the public function.
Options- A. (1) Only II and III are implicit in the statement.
- B. (2) Only I is implicit in the statement
- C. (3) Only I and II are implicit in the statement
- D. (4) Only III and I are implicit in the statement. Discuss
- 10. Statement
Smoking is one of the human weaknesses, which tends to test the willpower of the smoker to the edge.
Conclusions
1. It is very difficult for the smokers to give up smoking even if they want to.
2. Human beings have other weaknesses as well.
Options- A. if only Conclusion I follows
- B. if only Conclusion II follows
- C. if either Conclusion I or II follows
- D. if neither Conclusion I nor II follows Discuss
Statement and Conclusion problems
Search Results
Correct Answer: if neither I nor II follows, and
Explanation:
I is an assumption that has led the speaker to show his concern in the statement. II can also not be concluded. We don't know about the benefits/losses of alternative modes.
Correct Answer: if only conclusion I follows
Explanation:
I can be concluded. It is an important reason of the insecurity of food in spite of large stocks and production. II can't be concluded.
Correct Answer: if either I or II follows
Explanation:
New shoes can't reveal one's citizenship. But either of the conclusions must be true .
Correct Answer: if only conclusion I follows
Explanation:
II does not follow because 'less than thirty' does not imply that the persons will be more than thirty. He/she may be of thirty years of age.
Correct Answer: if neither I nor II follows, and
Explanation:
We can infer from the statement that there is no such book which focuses on cross-border terrorism in India during last two decades. But conclusion I does not consist of the words 'the last two decades'. Hence conclusion I does not follow. Again, the statement is silent on cross-border terrorism before the last two decades. Hence, II does not follow.
Correct Answer: Both I and II follows
Explanation:
Both I and II follows
Correct Answer: James gets paid for his work.
Explanation:
James gets paid for his work.
Correct Answer: Neither conclusion I nor conclusion Ii follows.
Explanation:
It is not necessary that A is a clerk though he is poor.
Correct Answer: (1) Only II and III are implicit in the statement.
Explanation:
The use of term 'All' in the conclusion I makes it invalid. We know that, definite conclusion cannot be drawn from general statement.
Ministers arrived at the public function in their cars. Thus. ministers have cars and they attended public function. Therefore, only II and III are implicit in the statement.
Correct Answer: if only Conclusion II follows
Explanation:
Clearly, people have many weaknesses, smoking is one of them. But it is not true that if a person desires to give up smoking he is not able to do it. Hence , only II is true.
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