Arihant Expert Team Solutions for Exercise 1: PRACTICE QUESTIONS for Phase I

Statement: The greatest need in India today is not for sophisticated gadgets but for programmes which will provide employment to a large number of people.

Conclusions:
I. Ther eis an adequate number of sophisticated gadgets in India.
II. Emphasis is being laid on procuring sophisticated gadgets.

In the question given below, 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.

Statement: Fashion is a form of ugliness, so is tolerable that we have to alter it every six months.

Conclusions: 
I. Fashion designers do not understand people's mind very well. 
II. People by and large are highly susceptible to novelty.

Statement: India's economy is depending mainly on forests. 

Conclusions:
I. Trees should be preserved to improve Indian economy. 
II. India wants only maintenance of forests to improve economic conditions. 

Statement: Sun is the source of light. 

Conclusions: 
I. Moon is not the source of light. 
II. Light has only one source.

Statement: Know nothing except the fact of my ignorance.
 
Conclusions:
I. Writer's knowledge is very poor. 
II. The world of knowledge is too vast to be explored by a single person. 

Statement: Animals live on oxygen. 

Conclusions:
I. Plants do not live on oxygen.
II. Anything that needs oxygen is bound to be animal. 

Statement: Songs always have singers to sing them.

Conclusions:
I. Singers make a song. 
II. There is no unsung song. 

Statement: A room with flowers looks beautiful. 

Conclusions:
I. Flowers are grown for decoration of rooms. 
II. Room without flowers looks ugly.