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Statement - Conclusions Questions and Answers

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Direction for [ Question No: 161 To 170 ] :

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.

161.

Statements: The 'Official Secrets Act' (OSA) enacted by the ABC government during the war seems to be one of the major source of corruption in the country X.

Conclusions:

1. The OSA has to be abolished immediately to put an end to the corruption in the country X.

2. The ABC government had an intention of encouraging corruption in the government offices.

Answer: A

The statement declares enactment of OSA as the direct cause of increase in corruption. So, I follows. However, enactment of an act by a government is undertaken for betterment and not with the intention of encouraging corruption though whatever may be the outcome later on. So, II does not follow.

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162.

Statements: In India, more emphasis should be placed on areas such as agriculture, engineering and technology instead of basic and pure sciences.

Conclusions:

1. India has achieved sufficient progress in basic and pure sciences.

2. In the past, the productivity factor in our economy was neglected.

Answer: B

That more emphasis should be laid on productivity areas instead of sciences does not mean that the country has achieved sufficient progress in sciences. But it implies that productivity factor was previously being neglected. So, II follows while I does not.

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163.

Statements: If all players play to their full potential, we will win the match. We have won the match.

Conclusions:

1. All players played to their full potential.

2. Some players did not play to their full potential.

Answer: A

Correct answer: Neither I nor II follows

The statement gives one direction only: full effort would bring a win. Winning does not prove that the effort was made, since a match may be won in other ways - to argue back from the result is the fallacy of affirming the consequent. Conclusion II fails for the same reason, in the opposite direction. Neither follows.

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164.

Statements: The Bank of England's move to auction 25 metric tons of gold drew plenty of bidders looking for a bargain, but was criticised by major gold producers worldwide.

Conclusions:

1. The Bank of England should not auction gold which it possesses to keep steady international prices of gold.

2. Bidders should quote higher gold prices to retain present value of gold in the international markets.

Answer: D

The statement does not talk against the auction but only speaks of the response it received from the bidders and gold producers. So, I does not follow. The phrase 'plenty of bidders looking for a bargain' is quite contrary to II. So, II also does not follow.

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165.

Statements: Good voice is a natural gift but one has to keep practising to improve and excel well in the field of music.

Conclusions:

1. Natural gifts need nurturing and care.

2. Even though your voice is not good, one can keep practising

Answer: A

Correct answer: Only conclusion I follows

A natural gift that still needs practice to be brought to excellence is a gift that needs nurturing - conclusion I. Conclusion II is about those with poor voices, whom the statement does not discuss. Only I follows.

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166.

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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167.

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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168.

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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169.

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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170.

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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