Q: Statements: Nation X faced growing international opposition for its decision to explode eight
nuclear weapons at its test site.
Conclusions:
I. The citizens of the nation favoured the decision.
II. Some powerful countries do not want other nations to become as powerful as they are.
A. Only conclusion I follows
B. Only conclusion II follows
C. Either I or II follows
D. Neither I nor II follows
Solution: Neither the citizens response to the decision nor the reason for opposition by other nations can
be deduced from the statement. So, neither I nor II follows.
Q: Statements: National Aluminium Company has moved India from a position of shortage to
self-sufficiency in the metal.
Conclusions:
I. Previously, India had to import aluminium.
II. With this speed, it can soon become a foreign exchange earner.
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, National Aluminium Company has moved India from a position of
shortage in the past to self-sufficiency in the present. This means that previously, India had to
import aluminium. So, I follows. Also, it can be deduced that if production increases at the
same rate, India can export it in future. So, II also follows.
Q: Statements: Reading makes a full man, conference a ready man and writing an exact man.
Conclusions:
I. Pointed and precise expression comes only through extensive writing.
II. Extensive reading makes a complete man.
A. Only conclusion I follows
B. Only conclusion II follows
C. Either I or II follows
D. Both I and II follow
Solution: Clearly, I follows from the fact that writing makes an exact man. Conclusion II also directly
follows from the statement.
Q: Statements: All those political prisoners were released on bail who had gone to jail for
reasons other than political dharnas. Bail was not granted to persons involved in murders.
Conclusions:
I. No political - prisoner had committed murder.
II. Some politicians were not arrested.
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, the political prisoners can be divided into two groups - those who
were released and those who were put in jail for political dharnas. However, no person
involved in murder was released. This means that no political prisoner had committed murder.
So, I follows. Clearly, II is not directly related to the statement and does not follow.
Q: Statements: Modern man influences his destiny by the choice he makes unlike in the past.
Conclusions:
I. Earlier there were fewer options available to man.
II. There was no desire in the past to influence the destiny.
A. Only conclusion I follows
B. Only conclusion II follows
C. Either I or II follows
D. Both I and II follow
Solution: Clearly, I directly follows from the statement while II cannot be deduced from it.