Exercise: Statement And Conclusion

Questions for: Statement And Conclusion

A factory worker has five children. No one else in the factory has five children.
A:
All workers in the factory have five children each.
B:
Everybody in the factory has children.
C:
Some of the factory workers have more than five children.
D:
Only one worker in the factory has exactly five children.
Answer: D
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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.
Answer: C
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Statements: Until our country achieves economic equality, political freedom and democracy would be meaningless.

Conclusions:

  1. Political freedom and democracy go hand in hand.
  2. 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:
Neither I nor II follows
Answer: B
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.

Statements: Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every six months.

Conclusions:

  1. Fashion designers do not understand the public mind very well.
  2. 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:
Neither I nor II follows
Answer: B
The statement asserts that people cannot stand any particular trend for long and seek change quite often. So, only II follows.

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:

  1. Examinations should be abolished.
  2. 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:
Neither I nor II follows
Answer: B
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.
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