Statement - Conclusions Questions and Answers

Answer: B

Correct answer: If only conclusion (2) follows.

Aditi is a member, and every member has a business of their own, so conclusion 2 follows at once. Conclusion 1 is about a member’s son and about the future - neither of which the statement touches. Only 2 follows.

Answer: D

Correct answer: If neither (1) nor (2) follows.

Janvi is studying law, not yet a lawyer, so the statement about lawyers does not reach her - conclusion 1 does not follow. Conclusion 2 speaks of her future, of which nothing is said. Neither follows.

Answer: A

Correct answer: If only conclusion (1) follows.

If London is the most expensive city, then every other city, Bangalore included, is less expensive - conclusion 1. Conclusion 2 names the cheapest city, which does not follow from knowing the dearest. Only 1 follows.

Answer: B

Correct answer: If only conclusion (2) follows.

94% is a high score, so calling Sonya a bright student is a fair inference - conclusion 2. Conclusion 1 needs the other pupils’ marks: someone else may have scored higher. Only 2 follows.

Answer: B

Correct answer: If neither (1) nor (2) follows.

The statement runs one way only: KS College students who clear the interview will be placed in the bank. Working at the bank does not prove that anyone came by that route - Albert may have joined from anywhere - so neither his college nor his interview can be inferred. Arguing back from the outcome is affirming the consequent. Neither follows.

Answer: D

Correct answer: If neither (1) nor (2) follows.

Tamil is spoken by people in Chennai, but it is spoken elsewhere too, so Maya’s speaking it does not place her in Chennai - conclusion 1 argues back from the outcome. Conclusion 2 supposes she knows other languages, of which nothing is said. Neither follows.

Answer: D

Correct answer: If neither (1) nor (2) follows.

A high price is no guarantee of good food or pleasant surroundings; a restaurant may be costly for its location, its rent or its reputation. Both conclusions supply reasons the statement does not give. Neither follows.

Answer: C

Correct answer: Neither (A) nor (B) follows.

Only intelligent people work at LT, and MTV graduates are intelligent - but that does not put any of them in the company, so (B) does not follow. (A) claims that graduates of other colleges are less intelligent, which neither statement says. Neither follows.

Answer: B

Correct answer: Private companies’ employees work more than Government employees

Six working days against five is a direct comparison of the two, so this conclusion simply reads off the statements. The others go beyond them: nothing is said about which employees are better, nor about how heavy the work is on either side.

Answer: D

Correct answer: None of these.

“Do not smoke” is an instruction and nothing more. It gives no reason and no consequence - not that smoking is an offence, not that it causes cancer, not that a fine will be charged. All of those would have to be brought in from outside, so the answer is none of these.