Statement - Conclusions Questions and Answers

Answer: B

The statements imply that some people are smart and hardworking.

The second statement says that some smart people are hardworking. Those people are, of course, people who are both smart and hardworking, so at least some people are smart and hardworking.

'All hardworking people are smart' and 'All smart people are hardworking' turn 'some' into 'all', which never follows. 'Smart people are generally hardworking' claims that most are, which also goes beyond 'some'.

Answer: D

The answer is All of these.

The statement tells users never to use pirated or unlicensed software and to use free and open source software instead. Each option follows from that advice: pirated software is illegal to use, which is why it is ruled out; FOSS is offered as the safe, lawful alternative; and choosing licensed or open source software is the ethical practice the statement promotes.

Since each of the first three conclusions can be drawn, choosing any one of them alone would leave out the others.

Answer: C

The key takes both conclusion I and conclusion II as valid.

The statement comes from the standard textbook description of a video digitiser, a device that captures frames from a video camera or recorder and converts them to digital images. The same description goes on to say that the captured images can then be printed on paper, and that a fast computer with a large memory is needed, because digitised images are large files.

Read in that light, both conclusions describe the device correctly, so the options accepting only one of them, or neither, are not the keyed answer.

Answer: D

The answer is Neither Conclusion I nor II follows.

Take a class of 100: 60 boys and 40 girls, 80 who play sports and 40 who live in the hostel.

• The 40 hostel places could all be girls, but they could equally be boys or a mix, so 'All girls stay in hostel' is not certain.
• The 20 students who do not play sports could be boys, girls or both, so nothing fixes the share of girls who do not play. 'Twenty percent of girls' is not established either.

Each conclusion is possible, but neither must be true, which is what 'follows' requires.

Answer: C

Neither I nor II follows.

The statement only says that the manager humiliated Mukesh in front of his colleagues. It gives no reason for this.

Conclusion I assumes the manager disliked Mukesh, but he may have been angry about a mistake or simply be harsh by nature. Conclusion II assumes Mukesh was unpopular, but the colleagues were only present; nothing is said about what they think of him. Both go beyond what the statement says, so neither follows.

Answer: B

The conclusion that follows is that some news anchors may be impatient.

Some news anchors are young, and young people are prone to be impatient, so it is possible that some anchors are impatient. The word 'may' matches the cautious premise 'prone to be'.

The other conclusions overreach. 'Prone to be impatient' does not say all young people are impatient; nothing says all impatient people are young; and the premises say some anchors are young, not that young people are anchors.

Answer: D

Correct answer: Neither I nor II follows

Conclusion I confuses runs with players: 160 out of 200 runs is 80% of the score, and says nothing about what fraction of the team the spinners are. Conclusion II adds a detail the statement never gives - who opened the batting. Neither follows.

Answer: A

Correct answer: Only conclusion I follows

That the old order gives way to the new is a statement about how things go, which is what conclusion I restates as a law of nature - so it follows. Conclusion II turns an observation into advice, and adds a reason (“because they are old”) the statement never offers. Only I follows.

Answer: E

According to the statement, Government has spoiled financial institutions by appointing bureaucrats as Directors. This means that only those persons should be appointed as Directors who are experts in finance and are acquainted with the financial work of the institute. So, both I and II follow.

Answer: B

Correct answer: Only conclusion II follows

Conclusion I contradicts the statement, which expressly foresees the population increasing. Conclusion II is what a rising population and shrinking resources together imply - that providing a decent standard of living will be hard. Only II follows.