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Directions : In each of the following questions a statement is given, followed by two conclusions. Give answer :

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.
Discuss
Answer & Solution
Answer: Option A
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.
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Directions : In each of the following questions a statement is given, followed by two conclusions. Give answer :

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.
Discuss
Answer & Solution
Answer: Option A
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.
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Directions : In each of the following questions a statement is given, followed by two conclusions. Give answer :

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.
Discuss
Answer & Solution
Answer: Option A
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.
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Directions : In each of the following questions a statement is given, followed by two conclusions. Give answer :

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.
Discuss
Answer & Solution
Answer: Option E
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.
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Directions : In each of the following questions a statement is given, followed by two conclusions. Give answer :

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.
Discuss
Answer & Solution
Answer: Option C
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.
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Directions : In each of the following questions a statement is given, followed by two conclusions. Give answer :

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.
Discuss
Answer & Solution
Answer: Option B
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.
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Directions : In each of the following questions a statement is given, followed by two conclusions. Give answer :

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.
Discuss
Answer & Solution
Answer: Option B
Solution:
The statement asserts that people cannot stand any particular trend for long and seek change quite often. So, only II follows.
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Directions : In each of the following questions a statement is given, followed by two conclusions. Give answer :

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.
Discuss
Answer & Solution
Answer: Option B
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.
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Soldiers serve their country.
Discuss
Answer & Solution
Answer: Option C
Solution:
Some men who are soldiers serve their country.
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A factory worker has five children. No one else in the factory has five children.
Discuss
Answer & Solution
Answer: Option D
Solution:
Only one worker in the factory has exactly five children.