Q: Statements: Company X has marketed the product. Go ahead; purchase it if price and quality
are your considerations.
Conclusions:
I. The product must be good in quality.
II. The price of the product must be reasonable.
A. Only conclusion I follows
B. Only conclusion II follows
C. Either I or II follows
D. Both I and II follow
Solution: It is mentioned in the statement that one who considers price and quality before buying a
product should buy the product of company X. So, both I and II follow.
Q: Statements: Quality has a price tag. India is allocating lots of funds to education.
Conclusions:
I. Quality of education in India would improve soon.
II. Funding alone can enhance quality of education.
A. Only conclusion I follows
B. Only conclusion II follows
C. Either I or II follows
D. Both I and II follow
Solution: 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.
Q: 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:
I. Assessment of financial worth of IT companies calls for separate set of skills, insight
and competencies.
II. Now the investors investing in IT companies will get protection of their investment.
A. Only conclusion I follows
B. Only conclusion II follows
C. Either I or II follows
D. Both I and II follow
Solution: 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.
Q: Statements: The standard of education in private schools is much better than Municipal and
Zila Parishad-run schools.
Conclusions:
I. The Municipal and Zila Pariskad should make serious efforts to improve standard of
their schools.
II. All Municipal and Zila Parishad schools should be closed immediately.
A. Only conclusion I follows
B. Only conclusion II follows
C. Either I or II follows
D. Both I and II follow
Solution: Clearly, the solution to the problem is not to close down the Municipal and Zila Parishad-run
schools but to strive to improve the standard of education of these schools. So, only I follows
while II does not.
Q: Statements: All the organised persons find time for rest. Sunita, in spite of her very busy
schedule, finds time for rest.
Conclusions:
I. Sunita is an organised person.
II. Sunita is an industrious person.
A. Only conclusion I follows
B. Only conclusion II follows
C. Either I or II follows
D. Both I and II follow
Solution: Sunita has a very busy schedule. This means that she is industrious. But still she finds time for
rest. This means that she is an organised person. So, both I and II follow.
Q: Statements: Domestic demand has been increasing faster than the production of indigenous
crude oil.
Conclusions:
I. Crude oil must be imported.
II. Domestic demand should be reduced.
A. Only conclusion I follows
B. Only conclusion II follows
C. Either I or II follows
D. Both I and II follow
Solution: The statement mentions that demand for oil is increasing faster than the production. So, either
the demand must be reduced or oil must be imported to cope with the increasing demand.
Thus, either I or II follows.
Q: Statements: He stressed the need to stop the present examination system and its replacement by other methods which would measure the real merit of the students.
Conclusions:
I. Examinations should be abolished.
II. The present examination system does not measure the real merit of the students.
A. Only conclusion I follows
B. Only conclusion II follows
C. Either I or II follows
D. Both I and II follow
Solution: The statement stresses the need to adopt a new method of examination. So, I does not follow.
However, II directly follows from the given statement.
Q: Statements: Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every six
months.
Conclusions:
I. Fashion designers do not understand the public mind very well.
II. The public by and large is highly susceptible to novelty.
A. Only conclusion I follows
B. Only conclusion II follows
C. Either I or II follows
D. Both I and II follow
Solution: The statement asserts that people cannot stand any particular trend for long and seek change
quite often. So, only II follows.
Q: Statements: Until our country achieves economic equality, political freedom and democracy
would be meaningless.
Conclusions:
I. Political freedom and democracy go hand in hand.
II. Economic equality leads to real political freedom and democracy.
A. Only conclusion I follows
B. Only conclusion II follows
C. Either I or II follows
D. Both I and II follow
Solution: Nothing about the relation between political freedom and democracy is mentioned in the
statement. So, I does not follow. But II directly follows from the given statement
Q: In each of the following questions, a statement/group of statements is given followed by some
conclusions. Without resolving anything yourself choose the conclusion which logically follows from
the given statements).
Soldiers serve their country.
A. Men generally serve their country.
B. Those who serve their country are soldiers.
C. Some men who are soldiers serve their country.
D. Women do not serve their country because they are not soldiers.
Solution: No answer description available for this question. Let us discuss.