Legal/Logical Reasoning – Bail conditions: “All political prisoners who went to jail for reasons other than political dharnas were released on bail. Bail was not granted to persons involved in murders.” Decide which conclusions follow: (I) No political prisoner had committed murder; (II) Some politicians were not arrested.
Verbal Reasoning
Statement and Conclusion
Difficulty: Medium
Choose an option
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AOnly conclusion I follows
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BOnly conclusion II follows
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CEither I or II follows
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DNeither I nor II follows
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EBoth I and II follow
Answer
Correct Answer: Neither I nor II follows
Explanation
Given data
- Rule 1: Political prisoners jailed for reasons other than political dharnas → released on bail.
- Rule 2: No bail for persons involved in murders.
- Conclusion I: No political prisoner committed murder.
- Conclusion II: Some politicians were not arrested.
Concept/ApproachWe must avoid scope shifts (political prisoners vs. politicians at large) and unwarranted universal claims.
Step-by-step evaluation• From the rules, if any political prisoner had committed murder, that person would not be granted bail. But the statements never say all political prisoners were granted bail—only a subset (those jailed for reasons other than dharnas) were. Thus we cannot infer that none had committed murder → I does not follow.• II talks about 'politicians' and their arrest status, which the premises do not discuss (they speak of political prisoners). This is a category shift; II does not follow.
Final AnswerNeither I nor II follows.