Question - Statements Questions and Answers

Answer: A

Only reason I is a possible reason. The statement says that highest Christmas temperatures in many years are linked, to some extent, to global warming. Reason I says that global warming is responsible, to some extent, for high temperatures in some cities, which restates the cause given by the experts and so explains the event. Reason II says that solar energy helps in reducing global warming, which has no bearing on why temperatures have gone up. Therefore only I explains the observation, which excludes the options that include II.

Answer: A

Statement (I) is the cause and statement (II) is the effect. If the price of tea increases, people who find it too costly tend to switch to a cheaper substitute such as coffee, so more coffee is drunk. The reverse does not hold: more coffee drinking would lower the demand for tea and would not push its price up. The two statements are linked and are not independent effects, and there is no third common cause that is suggested by them. So the first option is right.

Answer: C

The key marks neither reason as possible. Reason I says that the literacy rate for females is higher than for males in Kerala. The statement gives only the national figures by sex, and in Kerala, as in every Indian State, the male literacy rate was higher than the female rate in the census figures quoted, so I is not a possible reason and cannot account for Kerala's top place.

Reason II says that Union territories have higher literacy than States. The list in the statement shows Kerala, a State, at the top, and many Union territories have lower rates than several States, so it is not a general fact and does not explain the ranking. So neither I nor II explains the information given.

Answer: B

Statement II is the cause and statement I is the effect. When fuel prices rise, buyers turn to electric vehicles to save running costs, so the sale of electric vehicles increases. The reverse is not natural: a rise in electric vehicle sales would, if anything, reduce fuel demand and not push prices up.

The statements are linked, so the options that call them independent effects (C) or effects of one common cause (D) are wrong, and option A has the direction of cause reversed.

Answer: D

According to the statement Swine Flu could spread to traffic police on conducting breath analysis, while choice (1) says only drunken people can pass on Swine Flu. It is correct.

The statement does not mention about the fatality of Swine Flu. Hence (2) is out of context.

As the traffic police stopped using breath analysis for foar of contacting swine flu, it can be concluded that they do not want to be infected. Hence, choice (3) is a conclusion.

As the traffic police check if the driver is drunk, it can be inferred that drunken driving is an offence.

Hence, choice (4) is an inference.

Answer: D

Correct answer: Without hard-work one is bound to fail.

The statement makes hard work a necessary condition for scoring well, so its absence removes the possibility - which is what the keyed option asserts, in the strong language this genre uses. The other three contradict the statement outright, denying the connection, denying that hard work leads to good results, or disparaging the hard worker.

Answer: D

From the statement it is clear that FICCI has raised the issue of food prices. From this it can be inferred that FICCI is concerned about food prices.

Hence choice (1) is an inference.

FICCI has approached Dr. Singh with the issue of food prices and Dr. Singh has assured them that he would take action. From this it can be concluded that Dr. Singh is responsible for control of food prices. Hence, choice (2) can be concluded from the given statement.

The statement does not refer to the capacity in which Dr. Singh has made the promise. He could be food minister or prime minister. Hence, choice (3) is out of context.

Dr. Singh has said that he will take all possible measures to bring down food prices. Hence, choice (4) is an implicit assumption.

Answer: D

Correct answer: A Good Samaritan who comes upon an accident will help the victims.

The statement is a universal about Good Samaritans, so it can be applied to any member of that class - which is exactly what the keyed conclusion does. What it cannot do is run the other way: helping does not by itself make someone a Good Samaritan, since the statement fixes only what Good Samaritans do, not who else might do the same.

Answer: D

Correct answer: Neither I nor II follows

A single humiliation tells us nothing about the teacher’s general feelings towards Vipin, who may have been treated so once and never again, and it tells us nothing about the boy’s conduct, which may have been the provocation or may have had nothing to do with it. Both conclusions supply a motive or a character judgement that the incident by itself cannot support.

Answer: C

Correct answer: There are cheap articles also in that shop.

“Most” means a majority but not all, so some articles are not expensive - which within the terms of the question means cheap. That is the whole inference. The statement says nothing about handmade articles in either direction, and it positively contradicts the claim that no cheap articles are available.