Question - Statements Questions and Answers

Answer: B

The statement tells us that in the past, pigeons were used to send mail and connects with present day Orissa, where it is still being used by the police department areas. This could be because those areas are not easily accessible to the postal department, or because of the remoteness of the area, sending mails through pigeon is more convenient. It could also be that the police department finds pigeon mails more safe and secure when compared to other ways of sending mail. All in all we can conclude that pigeon mail is still being used because it is superior in some aspects to other ways of sending mail. This is exactly what II states, hence it follows. Just because pigeons are being used in some areas, we cannot conclude that the postal department has not made progress in the last century. Hence I does not follow.

Answer: D

The statement gives us certain facts and figures about a particular area. It states that 40% of the women are in government service and 70% of the overall population is in government service. From this we cannot infer anything about the remaining 60% of the women of that area. Conclusion I states that 60% of the women are employed in the private sector which is not supported by the given statement, as it could be possible that these women are not employed at all. Hence I does not follow. We can discount conclusion II by taking the following example. Let us assume that this area has 100 male and 100 female members. Of this 40 women are employed in the government service and 100 males are all employed (as 70% of the overall population is employed). From this we cannot know whether there are any couples in this area or not and hence concluding 40% of the couples are married is not possible. Thus, II does not follow.

Answer: D

The statement tells us that U.S.A. is helping Pakistan build up a massive military. This means that U.S.A. is an ally of Pakistan and we could also infer that U.S.A, in terms of military, is much stronger than Pakistan. Students should be very cautions here as to not bring in their general awareness and relate this aspect to India, as the passage does not mention India in any way, nor does it explicitly state the reason as to why Pakistan intends to build up its military. Hence, any reason given for the same would be pure conjecture and not supported by evidence from the passage. Conclusion I is rejected as the statement does not hint at the reason for U.S.A. helping Pakistan. In much the same way the sentence does not give any reason for Pakistan building up its military. Hence, II also does not follow.

Answer: D

The statement tells us that the Vedas contain wisdom and that a German scholar called Max Mueller published the first scholarly translation of it. This statement gives us no clue as to who wrote the Vedas or in what language it was writers, hence we cannot conclude anything about these two aspects. However, conclusions I and II conclude that the Germans discovered wisdom and that the Vedas are in German, which is not factually supported by the given statement. Hence, both do not follow.

Answer: C

The given statement tells us that 80% of the employees of X Ltd earn above Rs. 5000 per month. It also tells us that 70% of the employees work as supervisors. From this we know that 20% of the employees earn Rs. 5000 or less. If this 20% are all supervisors then we can say that at least 50% of the supervisors earn more than Rs. 5000 per month. If none of these 20% employees are supervisors, it means that all the supervisors earn more than Rs. 5000 per month. Thus we can say that either 100% of the supervisors earn more than Rs. 5000, or conversely less than 100% of the supervisors earn more than Rs. 5000. This is exactly what conclusions I and II state, but we know that only one of them is definitely true. Hence, either I or II follows, but not both.

Answer: B

The statement tells us that India has a number of collaborations with Germany and this has resulted in our projects receiving financial as well as technical know-how. The statement does not tell us the fields in which we do have collaborations and neither odes it tell us that collaborations exists in every field. What we can however deduce is that a collaboration leads to an exchange of technical know-how and extension of financial aids. But we have to be careful as to not generalise this trend as the statement talks only of the case of Indian and German collaborations but not of collaborations everywhere in the world. Thus, we can say that some collaborations lead to the exchange of technical know-how and extension of financial aid. Based on this, we can eliminate conclusion I on account of the words 'every field'. However, conclusion II states exactly what we have discussed above, hence it follows.

Answer: D

As per the statement, we know that many cinema producers are producing T.V. serials now a days. The statement does not throw any light on the reason for this kind of a trend. It could be that cinema's have become money guzzlers, or that the audience for movies has shrunk, or that T.V. serials have become major money spinners or it could be any combination of the above factors. We could, however, conclude that producing serials involves very much the same processes as movies, as a result of which we can see movie producers turning to television serials. The conclusions given in the question are both not supported by evidence from the statement, hence both do not follow.

Answer: B

The statement tells us that many great scientists are doing research on outer space. This could be on account of many reasons, prime among them being that the scientists find space a challenge. It could also be that it is one of the areas which has a lot of potential for research. Conclusion I is ruled out because of the word 'only'. Though, it is fair to say that space has mysteries and surprises, yet it would be erroneous to claim that it is the 'only' one to have them. Conclusion II tells us that outer space offers a challenge to scientists. As this is possible, hence only II follows.

Answer: D

The statement tells us that patients having high blood pressure were found to be having some worry or the other. At first glance it appears that having high blood pressure is connected to worry. However, on closer inspection we can see that there is no definitive evidence, medical or otherwise, to show that worry causes high blood pressure or vice-versa in the given statement. It is possible that this link is purely coincidental, hence any conclusion which shows a definitive link between the two is to be avoided. Conclusion I follows on account of the word 'may' which links the two terms 'worry' and 'blood pressure'. Conclusion II, which is the converse of I, also follows on account of the word 'may not'. Hence, both conclusion I and II follow.

Answer: D

The statement is a rather philosophical one which states that the world is neither good nor bad and that each person interprets the world in his/her own way. This basically means that every person perceives this world in his/her terms. This implies that some people could perceive the good side of the world and some others would see the bad side. But we cannot generalise and say that all people find the world good or that all find it bad. The objection in the above case is to the use of the word 'all' which would mean a sweeping generalisation which is something that is not supported by the given statement. However, in this case conclusion I and II both follow on account of the word 'some'.