Statement and Conclusion problems
- 1. 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 Discuss
Correct Answer: if only conclusion I follows
Explanation:
I 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.
- 2. 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
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.
- 3. 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
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''.
- 4. 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
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.
- 5. 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
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.
- 6. 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
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.
- 7. Statement:
It rains when it rains; it does not depend upon whether the day is sunny or not. It has rained today.
Conclusions :
I. The day is sunny
II. The day is not sunny.
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
Correct Answer: if either I or II follows
Explanation:
Since raining does not depend upon whether the day is sunny, we cannot reach any definite conclusion regarding the day being sunny. But the day must be either sunny or not sunny.
- 8. Statement:
He is a member of the jury which help Ashok guilty.
Conclusions :
I. He held Ashok guilty.
II. The convict is innocent.
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
Correct Answer: if neither I nor II follows, and
Explanation:
I cannot be inferred because we do not know whether the decision of the jury was unanimous. It is possible that this member of the jury was had a dissenting opinion. II does not follow because it states just the contrary of what the statement says.
- 9. Statement:
No work of Plato is of small literary value.
Conclusions :
I. Kritiat is of small literary value and thus it cannot be the work of Plato.
II. Kritiat can be one of the works of Plato.
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
Correct Answer: if only conclusion I follows
Explanation:
I is correct because if Kritiat is the work of Plato, it cannot be of small literary value. II does not follow because it bears no relationship with what the statement says.
- 10. Statement:
Methylated spirit contains methyl alcohol, which is poisonous.
Conclusions :
I. Ethyl alcohol is beneficial.
II. Methylated spirit is poisonous.
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
Correct Answer: if only conclusion II follows
Explanation:
In does not follow because the statement tells us nothing about ethyl alcohol. II follows because the poisonous methyl alcohol makes the methylated spirit poisonous.
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