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- Question
- Statement:
Smoking cannabis, a drug made from hemp plant, causes illness similar to smoking cigarettes, such as heart disease and cancer, but is far more dangerous than tobacco for mental health.
Conclusions :
I. Increase in cannabis smoking could lead to a surge in mental illness.
II. Cannabis has effected on the body equal to that of cigarettes and worse on the mind.
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
- Correct Answer
- if only conclusion I follows
ExplanationI is obvious from the statement. But the words ' equal effected' used in conclusion II can't be correlated with the statement. Hence, conclusion II does not follow.
- 1. Statement:
Global credit rating agency Standard and poors's (S&P) downgraded India's local currency rating to junk bond status. But India's foreign currency rating has been maintained at the same level as earlier, ie at junk bond or speculative grade.
Conclusions :
I. The downgrade is likely to demoralise the stock and foreign exchange markets and make overseas borrowing costlier.
II. India is gradually approaching a debt trap.
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:
Do not hold the cellophone or even keep it in your pocket if you are too close to fuel fumes.-- An instruction
Conclusions :
I. There is a possibility that cellphones could ignite fires.
II.Cellophone is made from highly inflammable substances.
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:
Fifty years after Independence, twice as many girls die before the age of five compared to boys, 40% of India's women are literate compared to 64% of males, and 43% of Indian girls attend primary schools compared to 62% of boys.
Conclusions:
I. Worsening environmental conditions and the absence of basic services deprive women of access to healthy and productive life.
II. In India women as a class are the single largest section living in absolute poverty.
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:
'' I do not think like an old man. but how long can I go on deceiving myself?''_Mr 'X'
Conclusions :
I. The harsh reality of words has power to hit an individual.
II. Mr 'X' is an old man.
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 UN report, the latest in a series of four yearly reports reviewing the ozone layer since the Montreal Protocol (1987), has revealed that the hole in the ozone layer over Antartica is shrinking.
Statement:
I.We are now a point where the atmosphere can actually remove CFCs faster than they are being released into the atmosphere.
II. The level of destructive ozone-depleting CFCs in the atmosphere is declining.
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:
The traffic police of city 'X ' has launched a service under which the commuters can get to know about traffic diversions, pending challans or even the whereabouts of area traffic police officials by sending an SMS.
Conclusions :
I. The facility will allow the computers to get the latest traffic update.
II. The move will increase the sale of cell phones enormously.
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
- 7. Statement:
The oil marketing companies have already decided to defer the fortnightly revision of petrol and diesel prices in view of volatility in world markets.
Conclusions :
I. Increase in diesel price may have a cascading effect on the entire gamut of products and services.
II. The companies are worried that a sudden spurt in international prices of the diesel may upset earlier calculation over the next few weeks.
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
- 8. Statement:
India does not want to undertake any move to send a manned mission to the outer space like country X which has plans to do so by the end of this year.
Conclusions :
I.Country 'X' 'has' successfully launched an unmanned recoverable spacecraft to the outer space earlier.
II. It seems that a manned mission to the outer space is not in keeping with Indian priorities.
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
- 9. Statement:
'' Samples of rare species would be cryopreserved at the lab in India.'' --- An officer of central Zoo Authority
Conclusions :
I. The Indian laboratory is equipped with the basic requirements with the help of which samples of sperm ova and blood can be preserved.
II. If in near future any species becomes extinct, it is likely they can be cloned from the preserved samples.
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
- 10. Statement:
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) cut the bank rate (the rate which is also an indicative rate for the banking system) by 25 basis points reducing it to six per cent.
Conclusions :
I. Banks are likely to resort to further cuts in the lending and deposit rates .
II. The move of the RBI is an indication of a strong bias towards soft interest rate regime .
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
Statement and Conclusion problems
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Correct Answer: if only conclusion I follows
Explanation:
Local currencies rating plays a pivotal role in stock and foreign exchange market as well as overseas borrowing. Hence conclusion I follows. Conclusion II does not necessarily follow because the given revelation is not enough.
Correct Answer: if only conclusion I follows
Explanation:
The given instruction implies I. Hence,conclusion I follows. But conclusion II obviously does not follow.
Correct Answer: if neither I nor II follows, and
Explanation:
I does not follow because the statement does not say about the reasons behind women's backwardness. Now see the word 'poverty' used in conclusion II. it can't be correlated with the statement. Hence, conclusion II does not follow.
Correct Answer: if only conclusion II follows
Explanation:
We do not have complete idea regarding the context of the statement made by the speaker. Hence, I can' t be correlated with the statement. II follows from the tone of the statement. Why will a young person deliver such a statement?
Correct Answer: if neither I nor II follows, and
Explanation:
The statement merely says that hole in the ozone layer over Antartica is shrinking. The statement gives no clue about the comparison of rate of release of CFCs atmosphere and removal of CFCs from the atmosphere. Hence, I does not follow. The hole in ozone-depleting elements. But shrinkage of the hole does not imply II necessarily. Hence II does not follow.
Correct Answer: if only conclusion I follows
Explanation:
Only conclusion I follows from the given statement. Facility to get the traffic update will not necessarily increase the sale of cellphone enormously. Hence conclusion II does not follow.
Correct Answer: if only conclusion II follows
Explanation:
I does not follow. The deferring will not lead to an increase in prices. II follows because this is the reason behind deferring '' in view of volatility''.
Correct Answer: if only conclusion II follows
Explanation:
Conclusion I does not follow because we can't draw it from the given statement due to lack of favourable clue. But having no such plan implies conclusion II.
Correct Answer: if only conclusion II follows
Explanation:
We can't conclude about the specific facility which the Indian laboratory is equipped with, on the basis of the given statement. But conclusion II follows obviously.
Correct Answer: if only conclusion I follows
Explanation:
Since bank rate is also an indicative rate for the banking system, conclusion I follows. But conclusion II does not follow because a mere 25-point cut in bank rate by the RBI is not sufficient to corroborate that the move of the RBI is an indication of a strong bias towards a soft interest rate regime.
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