Q: Statements: Any student who does not behave properly while in the school brings bad name
to himself and also for the school.
Conclusions:
I. Such student should be removed from the school.
II. Stricter discipline does not improve behaviour 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
Solution: Clearly, I cannot be deduced from the statement. Also, nothing about discipline is mentioned
in the statement. So, neither I nor II follows.
Q: Statements: A Corporate General Manager asked four managers to either submit their
resignations by the next day or face termination orders from service. Three of them had
submitted their resignations by that evening.
Conclusions:
I. The next day, the remaining manager would also resign.
II. The General Manager would terminate his services the next day.
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 either the managers should resign by the next day or their services would be terminated. So, either I or II follows.
Q: Statements: Only good singers are invited in the conference. No one without sweet voice is a
good singer.
Conclusions:
I. All invited singers in the conference have sweet voice.
II. Those singers who do not have sweet voice are not invited in the conference.
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 a good singer always has a sweet voice and only good singers are
invited in the conference. This implies that all those invited in the conference have sweet voice
and those who do not have sweet voice are not invited. So, both I and II follow.
Q: Statements: To cultivate interest in reading, the school has made it compulsory from June
this year for each student to read two books per week and submit a weekly report on the
books.
Conclusions:
I. Interest in reading can be created by force.
II. Some students will eventually develop interest in reading.
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 new scheme intends to develop interest in reading by incorporating the habit in
their routine. So, only II follows while I does not.
Q: 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:
I. Those who are called for the written test are those who fulfil eligibility criteria and
have submitted their applications before last date.
II. Written test will be held only after scrutiny of applications.
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 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.
Q: 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:
I. Migration to big cities should be checked.
II. The plight of poor children should be thoroughly studied.
A. Only conclusion I follows
B. Only conclusion II follows
C. Either I or II follows
D. Neither I nor II follows
Solution: The statement mentions the problem of increased migration of children to cities. But the ways
to deal with the problem cannot be deduced from it. So, neither I nor II follows.
Q: Statements: No country is absolutely self-dependent these days.
Conclusions:
I. It is impossible to grow and produce all that a country needs.
II. Countrymen in general have become lazy.
A. Only conclusion I follows
B. Only conclusion II follows
C. Either I or II follows
D. Both I and II follow
Solution: Clearly, only I provides a suitable explanation to the given statement. So, only I follows.
Q: Statements: The percentage of the national income shared by the top 10 per cent of
households in India is 35.
Conclusions:
I. When an economy grows fast, concentration of wealth in certain pockets of population
takes place.
II. The national income is unevenly distributed in India.
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 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.
Q: 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:
I. X will get the special prize.
II. X will not get the special prize.
A. Only conclusion I follows
B. Only conclusion II follows
C. Either I or II follows
D. Both I and II follow
Solution: Clearly, X will not get the special prize because although he broke the world record, he was
found to use unfair means. So, II follows while I does not.