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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

  1. Statement:
    Global credit rating agency Standard and poors's (S&P) downgraded India's local currency rating to junk bond status. But India's foreign currency rating has been maintained at the same level as earlier, ie at junk bond or speculative grade.
    Conclusions :
    I. The downgrade is likely to demoralise the stock and foreign exchange markets and make overseas borrowing costlier.
    II. India is gradually approaching a debt trap.










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    Local currencies rating plays a pivotal role in stock and foreign exchange market as well as overseas borrowing. Hence conclusion I follows. Conclusion II does not necessarily follow because the given revelation is not enough.

    Correct Option: A

    Local currencies rating plays a pivotal role in stock and foreign exchange market as well as overseas borrowing. Hence conclusion I follows. Conclusion II does not necessarily follow because the given revelation is not enough.

  1. Statement:
    Do not hold the cellophone or even keep it in your pocket if you are too close to fuel fumes.-- An instruction
    Conclusions :
    I. There is a possibility that cellphones could ignite fires.
    II.Cellophone is made from highly inflammable substances.










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    The given instruction implies I. Hence,conclusion I follows. But conclusion II obviously does not follow.

    Correct Option: A

    The given instruction implies I. Hence,conclusion I follows. But conclusion II obviously does not follow.

  1. Statement:
    Fifty years after Independence, twice as many girls die before the age of five compared to boys, 40% of India's women are literate compared to 64% of males, and 43% of Indian girls attend primary schools compared to 62% of boys.
    Conclusions:
    I. Worsening environmental conditions and the absence of basic services deprive women of access to healthy and productive life.
    II. In India women as a class are the single largest section living in absolute poverty.










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    I does not follow because the statement does not say about the reasons behind women's backwardness. Now see the word 'poverty' used in conclusion II. it can't be correlated with the statement. Hence, conclusion II does not follow.

    Correct Option: D

    I does not follow because the statement does not say about the reasons behind women's backwardness. Now see the word 'poverty' used in conclusion II. it can't be correlated with the statement. Hence, conclusion II does not follow.

  1. Statement:
    '' I do not think like an old man. but how long can I go on deceiving myself?''_Mr 'X'
    Conclusions :
    I. The harsh reality of words has power to hit an individual.
    II. Mr 'X' is an old man.










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    We do not have complete idea regarding the context of the statement made by the speaker. Hence, I can' t be correlated with the statement. II follows from the tone of the statement. Why will a young person deliver such a statement?

    Correct Option: B

    We do not have complete idea regarding the context of the statement made by the speaker. Hence, I can' t be correlated with the statement. II follows from the tone of the statement. Why will a young person deliver such a statement?

  1. Statement:
    The UN report, the latest in a series of four yearly reports reviewing the ozone layer since the Montreal Protocol (1987), has revealed that the hole in the ozone layer over Antartica is shrinking.
    Statement:
    I.We are now a point where the atmosphere can actually remove CFCs faster than they are being released into the atmosphere.
    II. The level of destructive ozone-depleting CFCs in the atmosphere is declining.










  1. View Hint View Answer Discuss in Forum

    The statement merely says that hole in the ozone layer over Antartica is shrinking. The statement gives no clue about the comparison of rate of release of CFCs atmosphere and removal of CFCs from the atmosphere. Hence, I does not follow. The hole in ozone-depleting elements. But shrinkage of the hole does not imply II necessarily. Hence II does not follow.

    Correct Option: D

    The statement merely says that hole in the ozone layer over Antartica is shrinking. The statement gives no clue about the comparison of rate of release of CFCs atmosphere and removal of CFCs from the atmosphere. Hence, I does not follow. The hole in ozone-depleting elements. But shrinkage of the hole does not imply II necessarily. Hence II does not follow.