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Statement - Conclusions Questions and Answers

Important Instructions
Direction for [ Question No: 71 To 80 ] :

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.

71.

Statements: Applications of applicants who do no fulfil eligibility criteria and/or who do not submit applications before last date will be summarily rejected and will not be called for the written test.

Conclusions:

1. Those who are called for the written test are those who fulfil eligibility criteria and have submitted their applications before last date.

2. Written test will be held only after scrutiny of applications

Answer: E

The statement clearly mentions that fulfilling the eligibility criteria and submitting the application before the stipulated date are both essential to avoid rejection. So, I follows. Also, since it is given that the candidates whose applications are rejected shall not be called for written test, so II also follows.

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72.

Statements: Recent trends also indicate that the number of child migrants in large cities is increasing. These children leave their families to join the ranks of urban poor doing odd jobs in markets, workshops, hotels or in service sectors.

Conclusions:

1. Migration to big cities should be checked.

2. The plight of poor children should be thoroughly studied

Answer: D

Correct answer: Neither I nor II follows

Both conclusions prescribe action, while the statement only reports a trend. It says neither that migration ought to be stopped - which would not help the children who have already come - nor that a study should be commissioned. Neither follows.

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73.

Statements: No country is absolutely self-dependent these days.

Conclusions:

1. It is impossible to grow and produce all that a country needs.

2. Countrymen in general have become lazy.

Answer: A

Correct answer: Only conclusion I follows

If no country is self-dependent, then no country manages to produce everything it needs, which is conclusion I. Conclusion II blames laziness, a cause the statement never suggests - dependence arises from geography, resources and specialisation. Only I follows.

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74.

Statements: The percentage of the national income shared by the top 10 per cent of households in India is 35.

Conclusions:

1. When an economy grows fast, concentration of wealth in certain pockets of population takes place.

2. The national income is unevenly distributed in India

Answer: B

Nothing about the growth of economy is mentioned in the statement. So, I does not follow. Also, it is given that 35 per cent of national income is shared by 10 per cent of households. This indicates unequal distribution. So, II follows

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75.

Statements: Players who break various records in a fair way get special prizes. Player X broke the world record but was found to be under the influence of a prohibited drug.

Conclusions:

1. X will get the special prize.

2. X will not get the special prize

Answer: B

Correct answer: Only conclusion II follows

The prize goes to those who break records in a fair way. X was under a prohibited drug, so his record was not fairly made and the condition fails - he will not get the prize. Only II follows.

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76.

Statements: Company X has marketed the product. Go ahead; purchase it if price and quality are your considerations.

Conclusions:

1. The product must be good in quality.

2. The price of the product must be reasonable

Answer: E

Correct answer: Both I and II follow

The advice is to buy the product if price and quality are what you care about - which recommends it on precisely those two counts. So both the quality and the price are being vouched for. Both follow.

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77.

Statements: Quality has a price tag. India is allocating lots of funds to education.

Conclusions:

1. Quality of education in India would improve soon.

2. Funding alone can enhance quality of education

Answer: A

According to the statement, funding is necessary to improve quality and India is allocating funds to education. This means that quality of education will improve in India. So, I follows. But funding alone is sufficient to enhance quality, is not true. So, II does not follow.

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78.

Statements: Although we have rating agencies like Crisil, ICRA, there is demand to have a separate rating agency for IT companies to protect investors.

Conclusions:

1. Assessment of financial worth of IT companies calls for separate set of skills, insight and competencies.

2. Now the investors investing in IT companies will get protection of their investment.

Answer: A

The need for separate rating agency for IT companies clearly indicates that such assessment requires a separate set of skills. So, I follows. However, the statement indicates only the need or demand and neither the future course of action nor its after-effects can be judged. So, II does not follow

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79.

Statements: The standard of education in private schools is much better than Municipal and Zila Parishad-run schools.

Conclusions:

1. The Municipal and Zila Parishad should make serious efforts to improve standard of their schools.

2. All Municipal and Zila Parishad schools should be closed immediately

Answer: A

Correct answer: Only conclusion I follows

If the private schools are much better, the obvious response is for the Municipal and Zila Parishad authorities to raise their own standard, which is conclusion I. Conclusion II is far too drastic: closing the schools would leave their pupils with nowhere to go. Only I follows.

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80.

Statements: All the organised persons find time for rest. Sunita, in spite of her very busy schedule, finds time for rest.

Conclusions:

1. Sunita is an organised person.

2. Sunita is an industrious person.

Answer: E

Correct answer: Both I and II follow

Sunita finds time for rest, which is the mark the statement gives of an organised person, so conclusion I is drawn; and her “very busy schedule” is what supports conclusion II, that she is industrious. Both follow.

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