Reasoning Aptitude
STATEMENT AND CONCLUSION MCQs
Statement Conclusions And Inferences
The following questions, a statement is given followed by two conclusions.
Statement : Company X has marketed the product. Go ahead, purchase it if price and quality are your considerations.
Conclusions : I. The product must be good in quality.
II. The price of the product must be reasonable.
It is mentioned in the statement that one who considers price and quality before buying a product
should buy the product of company X. So, both I and II follow.
The statement mentions that morning walks improve health. But this does not mean
that all healthy people go for morning walks. So, I does not follow. Also, nothing is
mentioned about evening walks in the statement So, II does not follow.
Population increase coupled with depleting resources is going to be the scenario of many developing countries in days to come.
Conclusions:
- The population of developing countries will not continue to increase in future.
- It will be very difficult for the governments of developing countries to provide its people decent quality of life.
The fact given in I is quite contrary to the given statement. So, I does
not follow. II mentions the direct implications of the state discussed
in the statement. Thus, II follows.
According to the statement, 80% of the total runs were made by spinners.
So, I does not follow. Nothing about the opening batsmen is mentioned
in the statement. So, II also does not follow.
Clearly, I directly follows from the given statement. Also, it is
mentioned that old ideas are replaced by new ones, as thinking changes
with the progressing time. So, II does not follow.
Government has spoiled many top ranking financial institutions by appointing bureaucrats as Directors of these institutions.
Conclusions:
- Government should appoint Directors of the financial institutes
taking into consideration the expertise of the person in the area of
finance.
- The Director of the financial institute should have expertise commensurate with the financial work carried out by the institute.
According to the statement, Government has spoiled financial
institutions by appointing bureaucrats as Directors. This means that
only those persons should be appointed as Directors who are experts in
finance and are acquainted with the financial work of the institute. So,
both I and II follow.
Prime age school-going children in urban India have now become
avid as well as more regular viewers of television, even in households
without a TV. As a result there has been an alarming decline in the
extent of readership of newspapers.
Conclusions:
- Method of increasing the readership of newspapers should be devised.
- A team of experts should be sent to other countries to study the impact of TV. on the readership of newspapers.
The statement concentrates on the increasing viewership of TV. and does
not stress either on increasing the readership of newspapers or making
studies regarding the same. So, neither I nor II follows.
Directions: In each of the following questions, two statements are given followed by two conclusions I and II.
You have to consider the two statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts. You have to decide which of the given conclusions, if any follow from the given statements.
- Statements:
- I. Conflicts in mind create tension.
- II. Resolution of conflict leads to good mental health.
- Conclusions:
- I. One becomes very hefty and strong by resolving one's conflicts.
- II. Freedom from conflict leads to good mental health.
Answer: (b)
The second statement clearly corroborates Conclusion II.
Answer: (b)
Most dresses are expensive means some are cheap also.
Answer: (b)
If all the students in a particular class are intelligent and Rashmi is not intelligent, then it means Rashmi is not the student of that particular class which does not have a single student who is not intelligent.