Statement - Conclusions Questions and Answers

Answer: B

Correct answer: Only conclusion II follows

Keeping a job ready for a good artist shows that one is wanted - conclusion II. Conclusion I assumes the person addressed is a good artist, whereas the statement only sets that as a condition. Only II follows.

Answer: E

Correct answer: Both I and II follows.

A man who makes dowry a condition is said to discredit himself and dishonour womanhood - which is precisely the ground for society condemning him, conclusion I; and if taking dowry dishonours womanhood, not taking it is the respectful course, conclusion II. Both follow.

Answer: D

Correct answer: Neither I or II follows

Conclusion I supposes that one company’s gain must be another’s loss, whereas the whole market may have grown. Conclusion II reads “increased” as increased from nothing, which no one says. Neither follows.

Answer: E

Correct answer: Both I and II follows.

A milk glut means more milk than the state can use - conclusion I - and the report says outright that the dairies failed to take up the available milk, which is conclusion II. Both follow.

Answer: D

Correct answer: Neither I or II follows.

Conclusion I compares India with developed countries, a comparison the statement never makes. Conclusion II makes a claim about how many organisations are affected, which is equally absent. The statement reports only that the amendment has been welcomed. Neither follows.

Answer: A

Correct answer: Only conclusion I follows.

If the economy depends chiefly on forests, then preserving the trees serves the economy - conclusion I. Conclusion II adds the word only, claiming that maintaining forests is all India wants, which the statement does not say. Only I follows.

Answer: E

Correct answer: Both I and II follows.

Bacon’s saying assigns each activity its effect: writing makes a man exact, which is conclusion I’s pointed and precise expression; and reading makes him full, which is conclusion II’s complete man. Both follow.

Answer: A

Correct answer: Only conclusion I follows.

To say that modern man shapes his destiny by his choices unlike in the past implies that fewer choices were open earlier - conclusion I. Conclusion II denies that people in the past even wished to influence their destiny, of which nothing is said. Only I follows.

Answer: B

Correct answer: Only conclusion I follows

If most of the states existed before independence, then certainly some did - conclusion I follows with no further assumption. Conclusion II requires reading “most” as “not all”, which is an implication of ordinary speech rather than something the statement asserts. Only I follows.

Answer: D

Correct answer: Neither I or II follows

The statement judges books that lack knowledge of life to be useless. Conclusion I says the opposite - that all books contain such knowledge. Conclusion II turns the remark into advice about how people should live, which it does not give. Neither follows.