Direction: In each question below is given a statement followed by two conclusions numbered I and II. You have to assume everything in the statement to be true, then consider the two conclusions together and decide which of them logically follows beyond a reasonable doubt from the information given in the statement. Give answer
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Statement:
As computers find new markets in middle-class Indian homes and the small office-home office (SOHO) segment, pirated software are invading PCs as never before.
Conclusions :
I. Big offices and rich men rarely use pirated software.
II. Original software is very costly in comparison to the pirated one.
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- if only conclusion I follows
- if only conclusion II follows
- if either I or II follows
- if neither I nor II follows, and
- if both I and II follow
Correct Option: E
Pirated software has been specifically linked to the not-so-rich. Hence I follows. And what can be the reason for distinction between the rich and the not-so-rich ? Cost seems to be the distinguisting factor.Hence II follows.
