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Statement - Conclusions Questions and Answers

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Direction for [ Question No: 151 To 160 ] :

In each question below is given a statement followed by two conclusions numbered I and II. You have to assume everything in the statement to be true, then consider the two conclusions together and decide which of them logically follows beyond a reasonable doubt from the information given in the statement.

Give answer:

  • (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
  • (E) If both I and II follow.

151.

Statements: Video libraries are flourishing very much these days.

Conclusions:

1. People in general have got a video craze.

2. It is much cheaper to see as many movies as one likes on videos rather than going to the cinema hall.

Answer: E

Correct answer: Both I and II follow

Video libraries flourish because people want them - conclusion I - and the obvious reason so many prefer them is that watching at home costs far less than the cinema, which is conclusion II. Both follow.

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152.

Statements: Although the education system has progressed from the point of view of the number of schools, most of them are ill-equipped and have not achieved excellence in imparting education.

Conclusions:

1. In future, we should provide good teachers and equipment to these schools.

2. We need not open any more schools in the future.

Answer: A

Clearly, the statement stresses the need to provide good teachers and equipment to schools. So, I follows. However, the fact that education system in India is progressing with regard to schools does not imply that no more schools should be opened. So, II does not follow.

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153.

Statements: This book 'Z' is the only book which focuses its attention to the problem of poverty in India between 1950 and 1980.

Conclusions:

1. There was no question of poverty before 1950.

2. No other book deals with poverty in India during 1950 to 1980

Answer: B

Correct answer: Only conclusion II follows

If Z is the only book on poverty in India between 1950 and 1980, then no other book covers that period - conclusion II. Conclusion I confuses the absence of a book with the absence of the problem; nothing is said about poverty before 1950. Only II follows.

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154.

Statements: For over three decades Company X has been totally involved in energy conservation, its efficient use and management.

Conclusions:

1. The Company has yet to learn and acquire basic things in this area.

2. It is dedication that is more important than knowledge and expertise.

Answer: D

Since the company has been working in this area for three decades, it must have the necessary expertise and infrastructure required in this field. So, I does not follow. However, the qualities that have made the Company X successful in this field have not been mentioned. So, II also does not follow.

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155.

Statements: About 50 per cent of the animal by-products - hair, skin, horns etc. is edible protein. American chemists have developed a method of isolating 45 per cent of this protein. They used an enzyme developed in Japan to break down soya protein.

Conclusions:

1. Americans have not been able to develop enzymes.

2. Animal by-products protein has the same composition as soya protein.

Answer: D

That the American chemists used an enzyme developed in Japan, does not mean that Americans have not been able to develop enzymes. So, I does not follow. Also, nothing about the compositions of animal by products protein and soya protein is mentioned in the statement. So, II also does not follow.

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156.

Statements: The commissioner of police has appealed people not to put up banners which obstruct pedestrian or motor traffic.

Conclusions:

1. Some of the people may respond and will not put up such banners.

2. Policemen will have to keep a watchful eye on the new banners which are being put up on the roads.

Answer: A

Clearly, the appeal has been made keeping in mind the fact that it would create awareness and have some effect. So, - I follows. However, the statement talks of a general appeal and not stringent directions. So, II does not follow.

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157.

Statements: The Minister questioned the utility of the space research programme and suggested its replacement by other areas of felt national needs.

Conclusions:

1. Exploring the space does not contribute to critical national needs.

2. Research should be oriented to national needs.

Answer: E

Correct answer: Both I and II follow

To question the utility of space research and propose replacing it with areas of felt national need is to say both that space work does not serve those needs - conclusion I - and that research ought to be directed to them, which is conclusion II. Both follow.

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158.

Statements: The secret of success is constancy of purpose.

Conclusions:

1. Constant dripping wears the stone.

2. Single-minded devotion is necessary for achieving success.

Answer: E

Correct answer: Both I and II follow

Constancy of purpose is single-minded devotion, so conclusion II restates the statement. Conclusion I makes the same point in the form of a proverb - steady repetition wearing down the stone - so it follows as well. Both follow.

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159.

Statements: Leaders, who raise much hue and cry about the use of Hindi, generally send their children to English medium schools.

Conclusions:

1. India lacks good Hindi medium schools.

2. There is a world of difference between preaching and practising.

Answer: C

Correct answer: Either I or II follows

The leaders’ conduct needs some explanation, and the two conclusions offer the alternatives: either there are no good Hindi-medium schools to send the children to, or the leaders say one thing and do another. One or the other must account for it, but the statement does not say which. Either I or II follows.

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160.

Statements: Any young man, who makes dowry as a condition for marriage, discredits himself and dishonours womanhood.

Conclusions:

1. Those who take dowry in marriage should be condemned by society.

2. Those who do not take dowry in marriage respect womanhood.

Answer: E

Clearly, the statement declares dowry as an evil practice and reflects its demerits. Thus, conclusion I follows. Also, it is given that those who take dowry dishonour womanhood. This implies that those who do not take dowry respect womanhood. So, II also follows.

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