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- Question
- Statement:
The Government has cut the interest rate on the General Provident Fund (GPF) and Special Deposit Scheme (SDS) from 9.5 to 9 per cent. At the same time it has also reduced the interest on loans to government employees by half a per cent.
Conclusions :
I. Now cheaper funds will be available from the Centre's coffers from those planing to construct or purchase a house or buy a vehicle or computer.
II. The government employee will not be ready to invest their money into the scheme.
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, but II is uncertain.
- 1. Statement:
We have decided to improve the 'Newswatch Section' of our monthly magazine and at the same time switch over to the modern method of printing from the conventional one as a result of which our magazine will improve both in quality and economy.--- Director of ABC Magazine.
Conclusions :
I. The magazine of ABC company may compete with the market norms in quality and cost factors.
II. It will challenge the existence of all other magazines.
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:
'No aspect of cricket is more indispensable than good fielding.'
___A captain's statement.
Conclusions :
I. To win a cricket match, it is necessary to learn and practise the art of good fielding .
II. Good fielding is enough to win a cricket match.
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 government will hike royalty on crude oil and grant exemption in excise duty to North-East petroleum production.
Conclusions :
I. There will be an additional burden on the national exchequer.
II. There is intense competition for petroleum production in the North-East.
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:
Concerned over the slow progress of the Rs 54,000-crore National Highway Development project, the government is considering levying an additional cess on petrol and diesel to mop up about Rs 2000 crore annually for developing road infrastructure.
Conclusions :
I. Additional amount gained through levy annually will be helpful in boosting industrial growth.
II. The National Highway Development Project is facing financial constraints.
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:
All reports including post-mortem, videograph and magisterial inquiry reports must be sent within two months of incidents such as custodial deaths or custodial rapes.- An instruction to the state government by the Chairman of National human Rights Commission.
Conclusions :
I. The Chairman believes in speedy justice.
II. A delay in such cases may lead to tampering with evidence.
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:
''While there is no harm in providing safetybelt for international players, we need to pay more to our first-class players, especially as most of them are without jobs.''- Statement made by BCCI treasurer
Conclusions :
I. Senior players already get huge amounts and giving them more makes little sense.
II. All first-class players need more motivation than that needed by international players.
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:
''Every Indian has to be a part of the global war on terrorism. We must, and we will, stamp out this evil from our land, and from the would .'' -PM of India
Conclusions :
I. People's participation will certainly reduce the menace of terrorism.
II. The PM of India is concerned with the problem of terrorism.
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:
In a non-immunised child if the body loses the war against the polio virus, it is carried by the blood to the nervous system and when the nervous system loses the war against the polio virus, the nerves which control the muscles are destroyed and this makes the child paralysed.
Conclusions :
I. Immunisation programmers with a strong will power is likely to reduce the polio cases in the world .
II. In a non-immunised child, there are no antibodies present to restrict the virus attack on the internal part of the body.
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:
There is no person who does not possess some virtue, and no person who is entirely free from evil.
Conclusions :
I. Man is fraught with either virtue or evil.
II. Good and evil points are both present in all of us .
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:
A woman 's biological clock starts ticking in her late 20s, not her mid-30s, and male fertility also begins to wane by late 30s.- A report of a doctor
Conclusions :
I. Older couples will not be able to conceive.
II. Men and women suffer from diminishing ability to procreate.
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:
I is true. Because change in quality and method of printing and marking it reader-friendly at reduced price may make the company to compete the market norms.
Correct Answer: if only conclusion I follows
Explanation:
Since 'fielding' is said to be indispensable, hence conclusion I follows. Besides good fielding, their may be some other factors also which might be needed to win the match.
Correct Answer: if only conclusion I follows
Explanation:
Exemption in excise duty will have negative effect on national exchequer. Hence I follows. II is an inference to the contrary.
Correct Answer: if only conclusion I follows
Explanation:
I follows because additional amount will lead to road infrastructure, which in turn will lead to industrial growth. II does not follow. Will this additional amount go to NHDP? Or will it be used for alternative road projects? If the statement had answered the formed question s 'Yes', than we could have concluded II with certainty.
Correct Answer: if only conclusion II follows
Explanation:
You may be tempted to conclude ''Either I or II follows'' . But read carefully. An advocate of speedy justice, however, would have given such instruction for all cases in general. But the chairman is being specific. Hence only II follows.
Correct Answer: if neither I nor II follows, and
Explanation:
I does not follow because '' senior players'' is no category in the statement. II does not follow because ''more'' does not compare the two categories of players. The statement merely implies that first-class players should get more than what they do at present.
Correct Answer: if only conclusion II follows
Explanation:
I does not follow because of the word 'certainly'. II is obvious.
Correct Answer: if only conclusion I follows
Explanation:
I follow because immunistation will give the body a strength to fight a war against the viruses. II does not follow because of the wording ''if the body loses the war''.
Correct Answer: if only conclusion II follows
Explanation:
I is not true because of the wording''....and no person who is entirely free from evil.'' II is obvious.
Correct Answer: if only conclusion II follows
Explanation:
I may or may not be true but II is obvious because of the last part of the statement.
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