Deriving Conclusions From Passages Questions and Answers

Answer: B

Correct answer: Probably true

The passage says pupils in over 50 percent of the schools read in the open throughout the year. Pupils taught outdoors all year round almost certainly have no adequate classroom, and over half the schools is most of them. The passage does not say the classrooms are inadequate - that is the reader’s inference from where the teaching happens - so probably true is the correct strength.

Answer: B

Correct answer: Probably true

The passage says liberalization and globalization have put pressures on Indian industry, particularly on the service sector, forcing it to compete with unequal partners from abroad. Pressure and unequal competition arriving with liberalization implies an easier position before it. That is a fair reading rather than a stated fact - the passage never describes the earlier period - so probably true is as far as it goes.

Answer: A

Correct answer: Definitely true

The passage says Indian service organisations have to compete with unequal partners from abroad, and that developing countries like India are already behind other countries technologically in many areas. Unequal partners who are ahead technologically are better equipped to deliver quality at low cost and high speed, which is what the passage says the sector is under pressure to offer.

Answer: D

It is mentioned in the passage that though India boasts of huge technical manpower,yet it lags behind other countries in technology. Thus, it is quite probable that India is in no way at par with the developed countries in terms of technological development.

Answer: C

Correct answer: Data inadequate

The passage describes the burden of negotiating with the local bureaucracy in India and its dampening effect on business. It makes no comparison with any other country. To say formalities are less cumbersome almost everywhere else requires information about those other countries, and the passage supplies none - describing one country’s difficulty is not a comparison.

Answer: D

Correct answer: Definitely false

The passage says developing countries like India are behind technologically, although some of them, particularly India, boast of huge scientific and technical manpower. ‘Some of them’ means several developing countries make the claim, with India merely the most prominent. The statement that no other developing country makes it is therefore contradicted directly.

Answer: D

Correct answer: Definitely false

The passage says the opposite in two places. More and more governments worldwide are accepting the self-medication concept, and it speaks of the practice’s broad use and social acceptance, concluding that no health policy should ignore it. Acceptance by governments and by society is asserted directly, so the statement that it has not been accepted is contradicted.

Answer: D

Correct answer: Definitely false

The passage confines self-medication to a defined range. It provides symptomatic relief for minor ailments, and responsible self-medication helps with symptoms and ailments that do not require medical consultation. Severe and complicated ailments are by definition those that do require it, so the passage places them outside what self-medication can address.

Answer: A

Correct answer: Definitely true

The passage states this among the benefits: responsible self-medication reduces the increasing pressure on medical services for the relief of minor ailments, especially where financial and human resources are limited. That is the claim the statement makes, and the passage frames it as a general proposition rather than one confined to a particular country.

Answer: C

Correct answer: Data inadequate

The passage speaks of self-medication worldwide and of governments in general accepting the concept. It never compares one region with another, and never mentions western countries at all. A statement comparing uptake between countries needs comparative information, and none is given, so the passage leaves it undetermined.