- Only conclusion I follows
- Only conclusion II follows
- Either I or II follows
- Neither I nor II follows
- Both I and II follow
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Directions : In each of the following questions a statement is given, followed by two conclusions. Give answer : Statements : A bird in hand is worth two in the bush. Conclusions: I. We should be content with what we have. II. We should not crave for what is not.?
Answer: Option 5 Both the given conclusions clearly bring out the central theme of the proverb given in the statement. So, both I and II follow.
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Directions : In each of the following questions a statement is given, followed by three conclusions. Give answer : Statement : The Government of India has set up one-stop facilitation counters manned by trained staff for attending to various needs of the foreign tourists at all the international airports. Assumptions : I. There is adequate trained staff available to man these counters in shifts. II. The services provided by these counters will help boosting inflow of foreign tourists. III. Majority of the foreign tourists need variety of services when they reach India.?
Answer: Option 4 Since the Government has already set up such counters, it implies that they have adequate staff to handle the same. So, I is implicit. Besides, such counters...
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Answer: Option 1 Clearly, the decision has been taken keeping in mind that the section of people using LPG can afford to pay a slightly higher price. The government does...
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Directions : In each of the following questions a statement is given, followed by two conclusions. Give answer : Statement : "Those who are appearing for this examination for the first time should be helped in filling up the form." - An instruction to invigilating staff. Assumptions : I. The form is somewhat complicated. II. Candidates can appear more than once for this examination.?
Answer: Option 2 The statement mentions that only those students are to be helped who are filling up the form for the first time. This does not mean that...
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Directions : Following question consists of a statement followed by four arguments I, II, III and IV. You have to decide which of the arguments is a STRONG arguments and which is a WEAK Argument. Statement : Should there be reservation of jobs in the organizations in the private sector also as in the public sector undertakings in India Arguments : I. Yes. This would give more opportunities of development to the weaker sections of the society and thus help reduce the gap between the affluent and the downtrodden in India. II. No. The private sector does not get any government assistance and therefore they should not be saddled with such policies. III. No. Nowhere else in the world such a practice is being followed. IV. No. The management of the private sector undertaking would not agree to such compulsions.?
Answer: Option 1 The reservation of jobs in the private sector too would surely increase opportunities for weaker sections to improve their economic plight. Thus, argument I is strong enough....
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Directions : In each of the following questions a statement is given, followed by two conclusions. Give answer : Statement : Science is a sort of news agency comparable in principle to other news agencies. But this news agency gives us information which is reliable to an extraordinary high degree due to elaborate techniques of verification and its capacity to survive centuries. So, science should be read with as much interest as we read news. Assumptions : I. Science encourages investigative spirit. II. People read news out of interest.?
Answer: Option 5 The statement mentions that science is reliable as facts can be verified by investigation. So, I is implicit. II follows directly from the last sentence in the...
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Answer: Option 5 Clearly, neither the students can be burdened with studies at such a tender age, nor can they be left free to take studies casually, as this shall...
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Answer: Option 4 Clearly, a policy to select deserving candidates cannot be abolished just because of the expenditure it entails. So, argument I does not hold. Also, students who are...
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Directions : In each of the following questions a statement is given, followed by two conclusions. Give answer : Statements : Monitoring has become an integral part in the planning of social development programmes. It is recommended that Management Information System be developed for all programmes. This is likely to give a feedback on the performance of the functionaries and the efficacy with which services are being delivered. Conclusions : I. All the social development programmes should be evaluated. II. There is a need to monitor the performance of workers.?
Answer: Option 5 According to the statement, monitoring and evaluation of social development programmes - their function, performance and efficiency - is absolutely essential. So, both I and II follow.
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Directions : In each of the following questions a statement is given, followed by two conclusions. Give answer : Statements : In a highly centralised power structure, in which even senior cabinet ministers are prepared to reduce themselves to pathetic countries or yesmen airing views that are primarily intended to anticipate or reflect the Prime Minister's own performances, there can be no place for any consensus that is quite different from real or contrived unanimity of opinion, expressed through a well orchestrated endorsement of the leader's actions. Conclusions : I. The Ministers play safe by not giving anti-government views. II. The Prime Minister does not encourage his colleagues to render their own views.?
Answer: Option 1 According to the statement, even senior cabinet ministers are always ready to conform to the Prime Minister's views. So, I follows. However, II contradicts the given statement...
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