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Statement: ''Only shortlisted candidates will be called for interview and those who are not in receipt of call letters, need not unnecessarily correspond.''-An instruction to candidates by a recruitment cell Conclusions : I. If a candidate possesses the required qualities which are conducive to his/her candidature than he/she must be sent a call letter for interview. II. Recruitment cell will not respond at all to those candidates who are not in receipt of cell letters.

if only conclusion I follows
if only conclusion II follows
if only conclusion II follows
if neither I nor II follows, and

Correct Answer: if only conclusion I follows

Explanation:

I Follows form the tone of the statement. But II does not follow from the statement. See the word 'unnecessarily' used in the statement.

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