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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: Monitoring has become an integral part in the planning of social development programmes. It is recommended that Management Information System be developed for all programmes. This is likely to give a feedback on the performance of the functionaries and the efficacy with which services are being delivered.

Conclusions:

1. All the social development programmes should be evaluated.

2. There is a need to monitor the performance of workers.

Answer: E

Correct answer: Both I and II follow

The statement says monitoring is now integral to planning and that the new system will give feedback on the functionaries’ performance and on how well services are delivered. Evaluating the programmes is what monitoring means, and watching the workers’ performance is named outright. Both follow.

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82.

Statements: The T.V. programmes, telecast specially for women are packed with a variety of recipes and household hints. A major portion of magazines for women also contains the items mentioned above.

Conclusions:

1. Women are not interested in other things.

2. An average woman's primary interest lies in home and specially in the kitchen

Answer: B

Clearly, nothing about 'other things' is mentioned in the statement. So, I does not follow, Also, since it is mentioned that programmes and magazines for women are stuffed with kitchen recipes and other household hints, it means that women have special interest in these areas. So, II follows.

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83.

Statements: The distance of 900 km by road between Bombay and Jafra will be reduced to 280 km by sea. This will lead to a saving of Rs. 7.92 crores per annum on fuel.

Conclusions:

1. Transportation by sea is cheaper than that by road.

2. Fuel must be saved to the greatest extent

Answer: B

According to the statement, sea transport is cheaper than road transport in the case of route from Bombay to Jafra, not in all the cases. So, conclusion I does not follow. The statement stresses on the saving of fuel. So, conclusion II follows.

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84.

Statements: The manager humiliated Sachin in the presence of his colleagues.

Conclusions:

1. The manager did not like Sachin.

2. Sachin was not popular with his colleagues.

Answer: D

The manager might have humiliated Sachin not because of his dislike but on account of certain negligence or mistake on his part. So, I does not follow. Also, nothing about Sachin's rapport with his colleagues can be deduced from the statement. So, II also does not follow.

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85.

Statements: Women's organisations in India have welcomed the amendment of the Industrial Employment Rules 1946 to curb sexual harassment at the work place.

Conclusions:

1. Sexual harassment of women at work place is more prevalent in India as compared to other developed countries.

2. Many organisations in India will stop recruiting women to avoid such problems

Answer: D

The fact that a certain rule has been more welcomed in a certain country does not imply that the problem is more prevalent there. So, I does not follow. Also, the amendment seeks to discourage only sexual harassment of women and shall in no way discourage employment of women. So, II also does not follow.

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86.

Statements: Nation X faced growing international opposition for its decision to explode eight nuclear weapons at its test site.

Conclusions:

1. The citizens of the nation favoured the decision.

2. Some powerful countries do not want other nations to become as powerful as they are

Answer: D

Correct answer: Neither I nor II follows

Conclusion I speaks of what the nation’s own citizens felt, which the statement never reports - it mentions only international opposition. Conclusion II supplies a motive for that opposition that is nowhere stated. Neither follows.

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87.

Statements: In a highly centralised power structure, in which even senior cabinet ministers are prepared to reduce themselves to pathetic courtiers or yesmen airing views that are primarily intended to anticipate or reflect the Prime Minister's own performances, there can be no place for any consensus that is quite different from real or contrived unanimity of opinion, expressed through a well orchestrated endorsement of the leader's actions.

Conclusions:

1. The Ministers play safe by not giving anti-government views.

2. The Prime Minister does not encourage his colleagues to render their own views

Answer: A

Correct answer: Only conclusion I follows

The statement describes ministers reducing themselves to yesmen and airing views meant to reflect the Prime Minister’s own - which is exactly conclusion I, that they play safe and offer no view against the government. Conclusion II blames the Prime Minister for discouraging them, a cause the statement does not assign. Only I follows.

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88.

Statements: National Aluminium Company has moved India from a position of shortage to self-sufficiency in the metal.

Conclusions:

1. Previously, India had to import aluminium.

2. With this speed, it can soon become a foreign exchange earner

Answer: E

According to the statement, National Aluminium Company has moved India from a position of shortage in the past to self-sufficiency in the present. This means that previously, India had to import aluminium. So, I follows. Also, it can be deduced that if production increases at the same rate, India can export it in future. So, II also follows.

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89.

Statements: Jade plant has thick leaves and it requires little water.

Conclusions:

1. All plants with thick leaves require little water.

2. Jade plants may be grown in places where water is not in abundance

Answer: B

The statement talks of jade plants only and not 'all plants with thick leaves'. So, I does not follow. Also, since jade plants require little water, so they can be grown in places where water is not in abundance. So, II follows.

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90.

Statements: Use "Kraft" colours. They add colour to our life. - An advertisement.

Conclusions:

1. Catchy slogans do not attract people.

2. People like dark colours.

Answer: D

The slogan given in the statement is definitely a catchy one which indicates that catchy slogans do attract people. So, I does not follow. Nothing about people's preference for colours can be deduced from the statement. Thus, II also does not follow.

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