Statement — The ministers arrived at the public function in their cars.\n\nWhich conclusion follows necessarily from the statement (without adding external assumptions about ownership or wealth)?

Introduction / Context:
The stem states a specific occurrence: “Ministers arrived at the public function in their cars.” Your task is to select the conclusion that is guaranteed by this sentence alone, avoiding assumptions about wealth, ownership, or typical behavior outside the described event.

Given Data / Assumptions:

• An actual event: some ministers arrived at a specific public function.
• Mode of arrival for those ministers: by cars (described as “their cars,” which need not imply personal ownership; it could be official vehicles).
• No universal claims are made about all ministers or all public functions.

Concept / Approach:
We must distinguish between a particular factual report (what happened at this function) and a universal generalization (what always happens or what is true of all ministers). Only the particular, directly entailed claim is safe.

Step-by-Step Solution:

Verification / Alternative check:
Try negating B: “The ministers who arrived did not use cars.” This contradicts the stem, so B must be true.

Why Other Options Are Wrong:

Common Pitfalls:
Equating “their cars” with private ownership and jumping to “rich.” The stem only reports the mode of arrival.

Final Answer:
The ministers who arrived at the function used cars to reach the venue.