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Statement - Conclusions Questions and Answers

Important Instructions
Direction for [ Question No: 81 To 90 ] :

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.

81.

Statements: Domestic demand has been increasing faster than the production of indigenous crude oil.

Conclusions:

1. Crude oil must be imported.

2. Domestic demand should be reduced

Answer: C

Correct answer: Either I or II follows

Demand is outrunning what the country produces, and a gap of that kind can be closed in only one of two ways - buy the difference from abroad, or bring demand down. One or the other must happen, but the statement does not say which. Either I or II follows.

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82.

Statements: He stressed the need to stop the present examination system and its replacement by other methods which would measure the real merit of the students.

Conclusions:

1. Examinations should be abolished.

2. The present examination system does not measure the real merit of the students

Answer: B

Correct answer: Only conclusion II follows

He wants the present system replaced by methods that would measure real merit - which implies the present one does not, and that is conclusion II. Conclusion I misreads him: he asks for a better examination, not for examinations to be abolished altogether. Only II follows.

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83.

Statements: Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every six months.

Conclusions:

1. Fashion designers do not understand the public mind very well.

2. The public by and large is highly susceptible to novelty

Answer: B

Correct answer: Only conclusion II follows

If fashion has to be altered every six months, it is because people will not stay with the same thing for long - that is conclusion II, the public’s appetite for novelty. Conclusion I blames the designers’ grasp of the public mind, whereas the remark suggests they read it only too well. Only II follows.

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84.

Statements: Until our country achieves economic equality, political freedom and democracy would be meaningless.

Conclusions:

1. Political freedom and democracy go hand in hand.

2. Economic equality leads to real political freedom and democracy.

Answer: B

Correct answer: Only conclusion II follows

The statement makes economic equality the condition on which political freedom and democracy become meaningful - which is conclusion II. Conclusion I asserts a link between political freedom and democracy that the statement never argues; they are simply named together. Only II follows.

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85.

Statements: The best evidence of India's glorious past is the growing popularity of Ayurvedic medicines in the West.

Conclusions:

1. Ayurvedic medicines are not popular in India.

2. Allopathic medicines are more popular in India.

Answer: D

Correct answer: Neither I nor II follows

The statement is about Ayurveda’s growing popularity in the West and what that shows of India’s past. It says nothing about how popular Ayurvedic medicine is in India, still less about allopathy’s standing there. Neither follows.

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86.

Statements: Death keeps no calendar.

Conclusions:

1. Man must die one day.

2. Death can come at any time

Answer: E

Correct answer: Both I and II follow

To say death keeps no calendar is to say it comes without appointment - conclusion II - and the saying takes for granted that it comes to everyone in the end, which is conclusion I. Both follow.

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87.

Statements: Wind is an inexhaustible source of energy and an aerogenerator can convert it into electricity. Though not much has been done in this field, the survey shows that there is vast potential for developing wind as alternative source of energy.

Conclusions:

1. Energy by wind is comparatively newly emerging field.

2. The energy crisis can be dealt by exploring more in the field of aero-generation

Answer: E

The phrase 'not much has been done in this field' indicates that wind energy is a comparatively newly emerging field. So, I follows. The expression 'there is vast potential for developing wind as alternative source of energy' proves II to be true.

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88.

Statements: The average number of persons per household is 5 in urban areas whereas it is 7 in rural areas. The national average is 6.

Conclusions:

1. The population per unit area in the rural areas is higher than in the urban areas.

2. More persons live in the same household in the rural areas as compared to those in the urban areas.

Answer: B

Correct answer: Only conclusion II follows

Conclusion II simply restates the figures: 7 persons to a rural household against 5 in an urban one. Conclusion I is about population per unit area, which is density - a quite different measure that the household figures say nothing about, and which is in fact far higher in cities. Only II follows.

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89.

Statements: The best way to escape from a problem is to solve it.

Conclusions:

1. Your life will be dull if you don't face a problem.

2. To escape from problems, you should always have some solutions with you

Answer: D

Correct answer: Neither I nor II follows

The statement recommends solving problems rather than running from them. Conclusion I claims a life without problems would be dull, which is not said; conclusion II turns the advice into keeping ready-made solutions in stock, which is not the same as solving the problem you actually have. Neither follows.

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90.

Statements: Parents are prepared to pay any price for an elite education to their children.

Conclusions:

1. All parents these days are very well off.

2. Parents have an obsessive passion for a perfect development of their children through good schooling

Answer: B

Correct answer: Only conclusion II follows

Paying any price for an elite education shows how much store parents set by their children’s schooling - conclusion II. Conclusion I confuses willingness with means: being prepared to pay anything does not make every parent well off. Only II follows.

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