Deriving Conclusions From Passages Questions and Answers

Q: The survey conducted in India on compensation package included employees working at different levels, including executives.

Correct answer: Definitely falseThe passage identifies what the survey looked at: the compensation package for executives in the core section of the companies analysed. Its every finding is about executives and the management hierarchy. A survey defined by its subject in that way did not cover employees at other levels, so the statement conflicts with the description given rather than merely going beyond it.

Q: Rabies is a disease transmitted to man and animals through the bite of a rabies-infected animal, most commonly by dogs. It is caused by a virus present in the saliva of the infected animal which gets deposited in the wound of the bite victim, multiplies and travels towards the brain and spinal cord. If not treated, about half of such cases develop rabies. Symptoms of the disease start one to three months after the bite. Very few laboratory tests are available for the diagnosis of rabies in India. Precautionary measures include prompt washing of the dog bite wound with soap and water. The wound is also treated with cetavlon, tincture of iodine or spirit. Western countries have well equipped laboratory tests to detect rabies.

Correct answer: Data inadequateThe passage says very few laboratory tests are available for the diagnosis of rabies in India. It says nothing whatever about the position in western countries. A shortage in one country tells you nothing about provision in another - it does not even establish a contrast, since the passage never draws one - so the statement can be neither confirmed nor denied from what is given.

Q: Rabies is a disease transmitted to man and animals through the bite of a rabies-infected animal, most commonly by dogs. It is caused by a virus present in the saliva of the infected animal which gets deposited in the wound of the bite victim, multiplies and travels towards the brain and spinal cord. If not treated, about half of such cases develop rabies. Symptoms of the disease start one to three months after the bite. Very few laboratory tests are available for the diagnosis of rabies in India. Precautionary measures include prompt washing of the dog bite wound with soap and water. The wound is also treated with cetavlon, tincture of iodine or spirit. The saliva of the house dogs should be periodically tested for the detection of rabies.

Correct answer: Data inadequateThe passage explains that the virus is present in the saliva of an infected animal, but it never discusses screening healthy dogs, nor the periodic testing of any animal. It gives precautionary measures for the bite victim - washing the wound, then cetavlon, tincture of iodine or spirit - not a programme of surveillance. The recommendation in the statement is simply not addressed.

Q: Rabies is a disease transmitted to man and animals through the bite of a rabies-infected animal, most commonly by dogs. It is caused by a virus present in the saliva of the infected animal which gets deposited in the wound of the bite victim, multiplies and travels towards the brain and spinal cord. If not treated, about half of such cases develop rabies. Symptoms of the disease start one to three months after the bite. Very few laboratory tests are available for the diagnosis of rabies in India. Precautionary measures include prompt washing of the dog bite wound with soap and water. The wound is also treated with cetavlon, tincture of iodine or spirit. The bite of a rabies-infected animal to a healthy animal definitely results in the healthy animal developing rabies.

Correct answer: Definitely falseThe passage supplies the figure that settles this: if not treated, about half of such cases develop rabies. Half is not all, so a bite cannot be said definitely to result in the disease - and if the wound is treated promptly the proportion is lower still. The word ‘definitely’ is what makes the statement false; without it the claim would have been a reasonable one.

Q: Rabies is a disease transmitted to man and animals through the bite of a rabies-infected animal, most commonly by dogs. It is caused by a virus present in the saliva of the infected animal which gets deposited in the wound of the bite victim, multiplies and travels towards the brain and spinal cord. If not treated, about half of such cases develop rabies. Symptoms of the disease start one to three months after the bite. Very few laboratory tests are available for the diagnosis of rabies in India. Precautionary measures include prompt washing of the dog bite wound with soap and water. The wound is also treated with cetavlon, tincture of iodine or spirit. Rabies can be transmitted from any animal to the other through open cuts and wounds.

Correct answer: Definitely trueThe passage gives the mechanism, not merely the usual route. The virus lives in the saliva of the infected animal and causes the disease by being deposited in a wound, from which it multiplies and travels to the brain and spinal cord. A bite is only the commonest way of delivering infected saliva into a wound; wherever saliva meets an open cut the same mechanism operates, so the statement follows from what is given.

Q: There is more bad news on food front. It now appears certain that there will bea shortfall of about 9 million tonnes in the food production in the current kharif season, which in turn means five million tonnes less than the production achieved in the last kharif season. However, rice procurement may only be partially affected since West Bengal and Andhra Pradesh have had sufficient rainfall while Punjab, the mtyor contributor to the central pool is less dependent on rainfall. Still, the overall availability of rice may go down by more than four million tonnes. There may be worst news ahead. In the last year, there was a deficit production of rice by five million tonnes.

Correct answer: Definitely falseThe five million tonnes belongs to the current season, not the last one. The passage says this year’s shortfall of about nine million tonnes means a harvest five million tonnes smaller than last kharif’s. That makes last year the better year, the one this year falls short of - so far from being in deficit by five million tonnes, its production is the benchmark. The statement reverses the comparison.

Q: There is more bad news on food front. It now appears certain that there will bea shortfall of about 9 million tonnes in the food production in the current kharif season, which in turn means five million tonnes less than the production achieved in the last kharif season. However, rice procurement may only be partially affected since West Bengal and Andhra Pradesh have had sufficient rainfall while Punjab, the mtyor contributor to the central pool is less dependent on rainfall. Still, the overall availability of rice may go down by more than four million tonnes. There may be worst news ahead. Rice is mainly produced in kharif season.

Correct answer: Definitely trueThe whole passage treats the kharif shortfall as a rice problem: it moves from the season’s production straight to rice procurement, then to the states that supply the central pool and their rainfall, and finally to the fall in rice availability. That chain only makes sense if the kharif season is when rice is chiefly grown, so the inference is carried by the passage’s own reasoning.

Q: There is more bad news on food front. It now appears certain that there will bea shortfall of about 9 million tonnes in the food production in the current kharif season, which in turn means five million tonnes less than the production achieved in the last kharif season. However, rice procurement may only be partially affected since West Bengal and Andhra Pradesh have had sufficient rainfall while Punjab, the mtyor contributor to the central pool is less dependent on rainfall. Still, the overall availability of rice may go down by more than four million tonnes. There may be worst news ahead. The procurement price of rice will increase this year.

Correct answer: Probably trueThe passage does not mention price at all, but it establishes the conditions that usually raise one: a large shortfall in production, partially affected procurement, and overall rice availability down by more than four million tonnes. Reduced supply against unchanged demand ordinarily lifts prices, and the closing sentence about worse news ahead points the same way - enough for probably true, not for definitely.

Q: Indian granite industry is in peril in the absence of a uniform policy from the State Governments, despite the thrust given by liberalisation policies of the Union Government in the last two years. Compared to the remark- -able progress in the field during the last three years, the absence of matching policies by State Governments had put granite quarry owners and others involved in the industry on the verge of collapse in the international market. The policies differed from state to state, had created problems as far as loyalty, dead rent and duration of lease were concerned. Till three years ago. granite production in India was not profitable

Correct answer: Data inadequateThe passage speaks of remarkable progress in the field during the last three years. It says nothing at all about the state of the industry before that period, and progress over three years does not tell you what came before - the industry might have been modestly profitable, or barely existent. Profitability is never mentioned, so the statement cannot be judged.

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A survey in India indicated that in the core section of the companies, which were analyzed, the compensation package for executives was divided into several fringe benefit groups. The number of items included in it rose as one ascended the management hierarchy. In many companies, provision was made for transportation and medical and housing assistance. A few companies also provided for children's education or permitted family allowance. Some of them have now adopted a specialized approach called the "cafeteria approach" in salary fixation. What is sought here is that the benefits must meet an executive's needs. Therefore,an appropriate selection has to be made of the benefits in terms of his needs after consulting him. Thus, this approach would individualize the system as the final choice is left to the executive concerned.

21.

The survey conducted in India on compensation package included employees working at different levels, including executives.

A.if you think the inference is 'definitely true'.
B.if you think the inference is 'probably true' though not definitely true in the light of the facts given.
C.if the data given is inadequate i.e., from the fact given you cannot say whether the inference is likely to be true or false.
D.if you think the inference is definitely false i.e., it contradicts the given facts.

Answer: D

Correct answer: Definitely false

The passage identifies what the survey looked at: the compensation package for executives in the core section of the companies analysed. Its every finding is about executives and the management hierarchy. A survey defined by its subject in that way did not cover employees at other levels, so the statement conflicts with the description given rather than merely going beyond it.

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22.

Rabies is a disease transmitted to man and animals through the bite of a rabies-infected animal, most commonly by dogs. It is caused by a virus present in the saliva of the infected animal which gets deposited in the wound of the bite victim, multiplies and travels towards the brain and spinal cord. If not treated, about half of such cases develop rabies. Symptoms of the disease start one to three months after the bite. Very few laboratory tests are available for the diagnosis of rabies in India. Precautionary measures include prompt washing of the dog bite wound with soap and water. The wound is also treated with cetavlon, tincture of iodine or spirit.

Western countries have well equipped laboratory tests to detect rabies.

A.Definitely false
B.Data inadequate
C.Probably true
D.Definitely true

Answer: B

Correct answer: Data inadequate

The passage says very few laboratory tests are available for the diagnosis of rabies in India. It says nothing whatever about the position in western countries. A shortage in one country tells you nothing about provision in another - it does not even establish a contrast, since the passage never draws one - so the statement can be neither confirmed nor denied from what is given.

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23.

The saliva of the house dogs should be periodically tested for the detection of rabies.

A.Probably true
B.Probably false
C.Definitely true
D.Data inadequate

Answer: D

Correct answer: Data inadequate

The passage explains that the virus is present in the saliva of an infected animal, but it never discusses screening healthy dogs, nor the periodic testing of any animal. It gives precautionary measures for the bite victim - washing the wound, then cetavlon, tincture of iodine or spirit - not a programme of surveillance. The recommendation in the statement is simply not addressed.

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24.

The bite of a rabies-infected animal to a healthy animal definitely results in the healthy animal developing rabies.

A.Definitely true
B.Probably true
C.Data inadequate
D.Definitely false

Answer: A

Correct answer: Definitely false

The passage supplies the figure that settles this: if not treated, about half of such cases develop rabies. Half is not all, so a bite cannot be said definitely to result in the disease - and if the wound is treated promptly the proportion is lower still. The word ‘definitely’ is what makes the statement false; without it the claim would have been a reasonable one.

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25.

Rabies can be transmitted from any animal to the other through open cuts and wounds.

A.Data inadequate
B.Probably true
C.Probably false
D.Definitely true

Answer: D

Correct answer: Definitely true

The passage gives the mechanism, not merely the usual route. The virus lives in the saliva of the infected animal and causes the disease by being deposited in a wound, from which it multiplies and travels to the brain and spinal cord. A bite is only the commonest way of delivering infected saliva into a wound; wherever saliva meets an open cut the same mechanism operates, so the statement follows from what is given.

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26.

There is more bad news on food front. It now appears certain that there will bea shortfall of about 9 million tonnes

in the food production in the current kharif season, which in turn means five million tonnes less than the production

achieved in the last kharif season. However, rice procurement may only be partially affected since West Bengal

and Andhra Pradesh have had sufficient rainfall while Punjab, the mtyor contributor to the central pool is less

dependent on rainfall. Still, the overall availability of rice may go down by more than four million tonnes. There may

be worst news ahead.

In the last year, there was a deficit production of rice by five million tonnes.

A.Probably true
B.Probably false
C.Definitely false
D.Definitely true

Answer: C

Correct answer: Definitely false

The five million tonnes belongs to the current season, not the last one. The passage says this year’s shortfall of about nine million tonnes means a harvest five million tonnes smaller than last kharif’s. That makes last year the better year, the one this year falls short of - so far from being in deficit by five million tonnes, its production is the benchmark. The statement reverses the comparison.

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27.

There is more bad news on food front. It now appears certain that there will bea shortfall of about 9 million tonnes

in the food production in the current kharif season, which in turn means five million tonnes less than the production

achieved in the last kharif season. However, rice procurement may only be partially affected since West Bengal

and Andhra Pradesh have had sufficient rainfall while Punjab, the mtyor contributor to the central pool is less

dependent on rainfall. Still, the overall availability of rice may go down by more than four million tonnes. There may

be worst news ahead.

Rice is mainly produced in kharif season.

A.Definitely true
B.Probably false
C.Definitely false
D.Data inadequate

Answer: A

Correct answer: Definitely true

The whole passage treats the kharif shortfall as a rice problem: it moves from the season’s production straight to rice procurement, then to the states that supply the central pool and their rainfall, and finally to the fall in rice availability. That chain only makes sense if the kharif season is when rice is chiefly grown, so the inference is carried by the passage’s own reasoning.

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28.

There is more bad news on food front. It now appears certain that there will bea shortfall of about 9 million tonnes

in the food production in the current kharif season, which in turn means five million tonnes less than the production

achieved in the last kharif season. However, rice procurement may only be partially affected since West Bengal

and Andhra Pradesh have had sufficient rainfall while Punjab, the mtyor contributor to the central pool is less

dependent on rainfall. Still, the overall availability of rice may go down by more than four million tonnes. There may

be worst news ahead.

The procurement price of rice will increase this year.

A.Data inadequate
B.Definitely true
C.Probably true
D.Definitely false

Answer: C

Correct answer: Probably true

The passage does not mention price at all, but it establishes the conditions that usually raise one: a large shortfall in production, partially affected procurement, and overall rice availability down by more than four million tonnes. Reduced supply against unchanged demand ordinarily lifts prices, and the closing sentence about worse news ahead points the same way - enough for probably true, not for definitely.

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29.

There is more bad news on food front. It now appears certain that there will bea shortfall of about 9 million tonnes

in the food production in the current kharif season, which in turn means five million tonnes less than the production

achieved in the last kharif season. However, rice procurement may only be partially affected since West Bengal

and Andhra Pradesh have had sufficient rainfall while Punjab, the mtyor contributor to the central pool is less

dependent on rainfall. Still, the overall availability of rice may go down by more than four million tonnes. There may

be worst news ahead.

There is no canal water facility in West Bengal and Andhra Pradesh,

A.Definitely false
B.Probably false
C.Data inadequate
D.Definitely true

Answer: D

According to the passage, the rice production in West Bengal and Andhra Pradesh would not be affected since they had sufficient rainfall. This implies that the farming there is dependent mainly on rain and no other irrigation facilities are available.

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30.

Indian granite industry is in peril in the absence of a uniform policy from the State Governments, despite the

thrust given by liberalisation policies of the Union Government in the last two years. Compared to the remark-

-able progress in the field during the last three years, the absence of matching policies by State Governments

had put granite quarry owners and others involved in the industry on the verge of collapse in the international

market. The policies differed from state to state, had created problems as far as loyalty, dead rent and duration

of lease were concerned.

Till three years ago. granite production in India was not profitable

A.Data inadequate
B.Probably true
C.Definitely false
D.Probably false

Answer: A

Correct answer: Data inadequate

The passage speaks of remarkable progress in the field during the last three years. It says nothing at all about the state of the industry before that period, and progress over three years does not tell you what came before - the industry might have been modestly profitable, or barely existent. Profitability is never mentioned, so the statement cannot be judged.

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