Two statements are followed by three Conclusions I, II and III. You have to consider the statements to be true, even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts. You are to decide which of the given conclusions can definitely be drawn from the given statements and indicate your answer accordingly. Statements: I. Political parties that opposed simultaneous polls before the Law Commission mostly cited federalism, Constitution and impracticability for their opposition, but Goa Forward Party chose coconuts to drive home its point against the proposal of ‘One Nation, One Election'. II. The regional party that is part of the BJP-led Goa government cited coconut, its party symbol, to argue that regional issues will go unaddressed in the noise of simultaneous polls. Conclusions: I. To buttress its reasoning, Goa Forward Party representative cited the party's history and struggle in protesting against cutting down of coconut trees in Goa before it came to power with ally BJP in March 2017. II. The party had protested against the BJP government's decision to amend rules to simplify the procedure of cutting down coconut trees by removing it from the list of trees. III. The commission held talks with political parties on the proposal of simultaneous elections.
Two statements are followed by three Conclusions I, II and III. You have to consider the statements to be true, even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts. You are to decide which of the given conclusions can definitely be drawn from the given statements and indicate your answer accordingly. Statements: I. Political parties that opposed simultaneous polls before the Law Commission mostly cited federalism, Constitution and impracticability for their opposition, but Goa Forward Party chose coconuts to drive home its point against the proposal of ‘One Nation, One Election'. II. The regional party that is part of the BJP-led Goa government cited coconut, its party symbol, to argue that regional issues will go unaddressed in the noise of simultaneous polls. Conclusions: I. To buttress its reasoning, Goa Forward Party representative cited the party's history and struggle in protesting against cutting down of coconut trees in Goa before it came to power with ally BJP in March 2017. II. The party had protested against the BJP government's decision to amend rules to simplify the procedure of cutting down coconut trees by removing it from the list of trees. III. The commission held talks with political parties on the proposal of simultaneous elections. Correct Answer Only conclusion 1 follows
The correct answer is option 1, i.e. Only conclusion 3 follows.
In this type of question, a conclusion is not specifically mentioned. It needs to be deduced from the given statements.
From both the statements, we infer that the Goa Forward Party with the help of citing ‘coconut' made its proposal against ‘One Nation, One Election'. It cited the fact that in the lieu of simultaneous polls, regional issues will go unaddressed. Conclusion (I) highlights the struggle of the party against the cutting of the trees, thereby, sending a strong message against the ‘One Nation, One Election' proposal. It highlights the fact that the party struggled so much thus, shedding light on the fact that if simultaneous polls were conducted, then regional issues won't be addressed and such struggles will increase.
Conclusions (1) and (2) are more or less similar in idea but (1) is better than (2) thus, 2 can be selected as we must select the most appropriate answer choice. Moreover, Conclusion (3) is irrelevant and can be rejected as we have no information regarding the talks we just have information regarding the protest thus, it can also be eliminated.
Thus, the most correct answer choice is option 1 and the rest of the options can be rejected.