1. Directions : In each of the following questions a statement is given, followed by two conclusions. Give answer :
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
Explanation: Clearly, I cannot be deduced from the statement. Also, nothing about discipline is mentioned in the statement. So, neither I nor II follows.
2. Directions : In each of the following questions a statement is given, followed by two conclusions. Give answer :
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) Neither I nor II follows
Explanation: 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.
3. Directions : In each of the following questions a statement is given, followed by two conclusions. Give answer :
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
Explanation: 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.
4. Directions : In each of the following questions a statement is given, followed by two conclusions. Give answer :
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) Neither I nor II follows
Explanation: 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.
5. Directions : In each of the following questions a statement is given, followed by two conclusions. Give answer :
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
Explanation: 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.
6. 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.
a) Only conclusion I follows
b) Only conclusion II follows
c) Either I or II follows
d) Neither I nor II follows
Explanation: 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.
7. 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.
a) Only conclusion I follows
b) Only conclusion II follows
c) Either I or II follows
d) Neither I nor II follows
Explanation: The statement asserts that people cannot stand any particular trend for long and seek change quite often. So, only II follows.
8. 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.
a) Only conclusion I follows
b) Only conclusion II follows
c) Either I or II follows
d) Neither I nor II follows
Explanation: 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.
9. Soldiers serve their country.
a) Men generally serve their country
b) Those who serve their country are soldiers
c) Some men who are soldiers serve their country
d) Women do not serve their country because they are not soldiers
Explanation: Some men who are soldiers serve their country.
10. A factory worker has five children. No one else in the factory has five children.
a) All workers in the factory have five children each.
b) Everybody in the factory has children.
c) Some of the factory workers have more than five children.
d) Only one worker in the factory has exactly five children.
Explanation: Only one worker in the factory has exactly five children.