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:
Statements: Adversity makes a man wise.
Conclusions:
1. The poor are wise.
2. Man learns from bitter experience.
Answer: B
Correct answer: Only conclusion II follows
Adversity teaching wisdom is precisely learning from bitter experience, which is conclusion II. Conclusion I is a leap: poverty is one adversity among many, and being poor does not by itself make a man wise. Only II follows.
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Statements: The interview panel may select a candidate who neither possesses the desired qualifications nor the values and attributes.
Conclusions:
1. The inclusion of specialists on the interview panel does not guarantee that the selection will be proper.
2. The interview test has certain limitations in the matter of selection of candidates.
Answer: E
Correct answer: Both I and II follow
If a panel may pick someone with neither the qualifications nor the attributes wanted, then the interview is not a reliable instrument - conclusion II - and no composition of the panel, specialists included, can guarantee otherwise, which is conclusion I. Both follow.
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Statements: The President of XYZ Party indicated that 25 independent Members of Legislative Assembly (MLA) are seriously considering various options of joining some political party. But in any case all of them collectively will join one party only.
Conclusions:
1. The 25 independent MLAs will join XYZ party in a short period of time.
2. The 25 independent MLAs will join some other political party in a short period of time.
Answer: C
Correct answer: Either I or II follows
All 25 will join one party, and that party is either XYZ or some other. Exactly one of the two possibilities must come about, but nothing in the statement says which. Either I or II follows.
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Statements: I know nothing except the fact of my ignorance.
Conclusions:
1. Writer's knowledge is very poor.
2. The world of knowledge is too vast to be explored by a single person
Answer: B
Correct answer: Only conclusion II follows
To say one knows nothing but one’s own ignorance is the classic acknowledgement that knowledge is boundless beside any single mind - conclusion II. Conclusion I takes the remark literally as a report on the writer’s attainments, which is not how it is meant. Only II follows.
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Statements: Company X has a record of manufacturing cameras of quality and the latest design so that you do not spoil even a single shot irrespective of the weather conditions.
Conclusions:
1. No other company except X is reputed in the camera industry.
2. Anyone can take an acceptable shot with camera X.
Answer: B
Clearly, the statement talks of Company X only and no other company. So, I does not follow. Also, it is mentioned that one can take a good shot even in bad weather conditions with a camera of Company X. So, II follows.
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Statements: India's economy is depending mainly on forests.
Conclusions:
1. Trees should be preserved to improve Indian economy.
2. India wants only maintenance of forests to improve economic conditions.
Answer: A
It is mentioned in the statement that India's economy depends mainly on forests. This means that forests should be preserved. So, I follows. But, that only preservation of forests can improve the economy, cannot be said. So, II does not follow.
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Read the given statement and conclusions carefully. Decide which of the given conclusions logically follow(s) from the statement.
Statement : In a one-day cricket match, the total runs made by a team were 200, of which 160 runs were made by spinners.
Conclusions :
1. 80% of the team consisted of spinners.
2. The opening batsmen were spinners.
Select the correct answer.
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Answer: D
The answer is Neither 1 nor 2 follows the statement.
The statement only says that spinners scored 160 of the team's 200 runs, which is 80% of the runs. It says nothing about how many players were spinners: a few spinners could have scored most of the runs. So conclusion 1, which confuses share of runs with share of players, does not follow.
Nothing is said about the batting order either, so conclusion 2, that the openers were spinners, does not follow.
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In the following question, a relationship between different elements is shown in the Statement followed by two Conclusions I and II. Assuming the Statement to be true, decide which of the Conclusions is/are definitely true ?
Statement : \(X \le S,\ K \ge S,\ K \lt L\)
Conclusions : I. \(K \ge X\)
II. \(L \gt S\)
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Answer: C
Both conclusions I and II are true.
Combine the statements into one chain: \(X \le S\) and \(K \ge S\) give \(X \le S \le K\), and \(K \lt L\) extends it:
\[ X \le S \le K \lt L \]
Conclusion I, \(K \ge X\): from the chain, K is at least S, which is at least X, so it is true. Conclusion II, \(L \gt S\): L is greater than K, which is at least S, so L is strictly greater than S, true. Hence both follow.
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Statement :
Education brings quality to life and hence investment on education is the biggest asset.
Conclusion :
I. Now days, People do not want to invest too much on education.
II. A single educated person can bring change to the family.
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Answer: B
Only conclusion II follows. The statement says education brings quality to life and that investment in it is the biggest asset. Conclusion II, that a single educated person can bring change to the family, is in line with this: education improving life quality is exactly what lets one educated member raise the standard of a household. Conclusion I says people do not want to invest much in education. The statement gives no information about people's willingness to invest and, by calling the investment the biggest asset, points the other way, so I does not follow. Because II follows alone, either-or and neither are ruled out.
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Read the given statements and conclusions carefully. Assuming that the information given in the statements is true, even if it appears to be at variance with commonly known facts, decide which of the given conclusions logically follow(s) from the statements.
Statement:
I. Some persons are good.
II. Some persons are intelligent.
Conclusion:
I. Some intelligent people are good.
II. Some good people are intelligent.
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Answer: D
Both statements start with 'Some persons', so one group of persons are good and some persons (maybe the same ones, maybe not) are intelligent. Nothing links the good persons and the intelligent persons, since the two groups are not stated to overlap. A Venn diagram can show two separate circles inside the larger circle of persons, in which no intelligent person is good, so neither 'Some intelligent people are good' nor 'Some good people are intelligent' has to be true. Two particular (some) premises never give a conclusion in syllogisms, so neither conclusion follows. The answer is the fourth option, neither of the two conclusions is correct.
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