Deriving Conclusions From Passages Questions and Answers

Answer: C

Correct answer: Data inadequate

The passage says 58 sites in the U.P. hills have been identified as suitable for aerogenerators, on the basis of a survey of wind direction, duration, speed and distribution. Suitability for generating power is a matter of wind, not of what supply the sites already have. Whether those places are electrified is never mentioned, so the statement is outside the passage.

Answer: C

Correct answer: Definitely true

The passage says that not much has so far been done in this field, while the survey shows a vast potential for developing wind as an alternative source of energy. Little done so far together with large potential still to be developed is precisely what makes a field new and emerging, so the inference restates what the passage asserts.

Answer: D

Correct answer: Definitely true

The passage calls wind an inexhaustible source of energy which an aerogenerator can convert into electricity, and describes a vast potential for developing it as an alternative source of energy. To be an alternative to the exhaustible sources is to be capable of taking their place, so the statement follows from the passage’s own description rather than from anything added to it.

Answer: B

Correct answer: Probably true

The survey’s results are reported for U.P. and its recommendations are about U.P. hill areas, which makes the state government the natural sponsor. But the passage never names who commissioned it, and a national agency surveying wind resources across the country would produce exactly the same U.P. findings. The inference is likely but not established.

Answer: C

Correct answer: Probably false

The wording of the passage tells against this. It says that in the U.P. hills alone as many as 58 sites have been identified - and ‘alone’ only makes sense if other areas were examined too, with the hills singled out as the richest. The statement’s ‘only’ therefore runs against the passage’s implication, though the passage never states the wider scope outright.

Answer: A

Correct answer: Definitely true

The passage lists what the fringe benefit groups contain: transportation, medical and housing assistance in many companies, with some also providing for children’s education or a family allowance. Shelter, health care and the means of getting to work are the basic physiological needs, and the passage says many companies provide them, which is exactly the claim made.

Answer: D

Correct answer: Definitely false

The passage contradicts this twice over. The number of items in the package rose as one ascended the management hierarchy, so the package is not even uniform within a single company; and under the cafeteria approach the final choice of benefits is left to the executive concerned, which the passage explicitly calls individualising the system. A standard universal package is the opposite of what is described.

Answer: C

Correct answer: Data inadequate

The passage describes what Indian companies do - fringe benefit groups, items rising with the hierarchy, and the cafeteria approach in some firms. It never says where those practices came from, and never mentions foreign companies at all. The origin of the design is simply not part of the information given, so no verdict is possible.

Answer: A

Correct answer: Definitely true

This is the cafeteria approach the passage describes. It says that what is sought there is that the benefits must meet an executive’s needs, and that an appropriate selection is made in terms of his needs after consulting him. Establishing a match between needs and benefits is a restatement of that, and the passage is careful to say only some companies have adopted it - which is what ‘certain companies’ claims.

Answer: D

Correct answer: Definitely false

The passage identifies what the survey looked at: the compensation package for executives in the core section of the companies analysed. Its every finding is about executives and the management hierarchy. A survey defined by its subject in that way did not cover employees at other levels, so the statement conflicts with the description given rather than merely going beyond it.