Statement and Conclusion problems
- 1. 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
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.
- 2. 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
Correct Answer: if only conclusion II follows
Explanation:
I does not follow because of the word 'certainly'. II is obvious.
- 3. 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
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''.
- 4. 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
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.
- 5. 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
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.
- 6. Statement:
Calamities strike India as a regular event to remind us that unless we are well prepared and equipped to meet the onslaught, the devastation in terms of death and destruction would remain high and harrowing.
Conclusions :
I. India is struck by floods every few year.
II. Cautious steps require scientific expertise.
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:
It is true that if calamities are''a regular event''. they must strike every few years. But floods are not the only calamity. The calamity may strike in the form of drought, earthquake, etc. Hence I does not follow. II does not follow because scientific expertise is not the only problem; the trouble may be with implementation.
- 7. Statement:
Mr X is planning to transform the old sweet shop into a fast-food joint.
Conclusions :
I. Fast food is mush more in demand than sweets.
II. Diabetes is on the rise.
Options- A. if only conclusion I follows
- B. if only conclusion II follows
- C. if only conclusion II follows
- D. if neither I nor II follows, and Discuss
Correct Answer: if only conclusion I follows
Explanation:
I follows because people generally make such transformations keeping in mind the taste of the people. II does not follow because sweet may have lose their glory not because of sugar (in fact, chocolates are in vogue in spite of sugar content) but because of changing taste.
- 8. Statement:
The American presidential election matters not just to the Americans but to the entire world.
Conclusions :
I. The world affairs are highly influenced by the policy of the power-bearers in the US.
II. It is the American President who delivers justice to the entire world.
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:
Because of I the entire world takes interest in presidential election in America. II can't be concluded.
- 9. Statement:
Bank strikes have become endemic and ad nauseam have been narrated the hardships and inconvenience caused to the public and the business community.
Conclusions :
I. Bank employees are not getting proper salaries.
II. Bank come under Essential Services.
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:
As bank strikes cause severe inconvenience to the pubic and business community it can be concluded that bank come under essential service . Hence II follows. The reason of strike can't be determined from the given statement. Hence I does not follow.
- 10. Statement:
As computers find new markets in middle-class Indian homes and the small office-home office (SOHO) segment, pirated software are invading PCs as never before.
Conclusions :
I. Big offices and rich men rarely use pirated software.
II. Original software is very costly in comparison to the pirated one.
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:
Explanation:
Pirated software has been specifically linked to the not-so-rich. Hence I follows. And what can be the reason for distinction between the rich and the not-so-rich ? Cost seems to be the distinguisting factor.Hence II follows.
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