Statement and Conclusion
Statement and Conclusion: Overview
This topic covers the concept of Statement and Conclusions.
Important Questions on Statement and Conclusion
Given below are pairs of events (A) and (B). You have to read both the events (A) and (B) and decide their nature of relationship. You have to assume that the information given in (A) and (B) is true and you will not assume anything beyond the given information in deciding the answer. Mark answer
(1) If (A) is the effect and (B) is its immediate and principal cause.
(2) If (A) is the immediate and principal cause and (B) is its effect.
(3)If (A) is an effect but (B) is not its immediate and principal cause.
(4)If (B) is an effect but (A) is not its immediate and principal cause.
Event (A): In village âXâ, farmers are struggling heavy drought.
Event (B): In village âXâ, government is implementing an agricultural development programme.

You have to consider the two statements to be true, even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts.
Statements :
In a one-day cricket match, the total runs made by a team were . Out of these Runs were made by spinners.
Conclusions :
I. of the team consists of spinners.
II. The opening batsmen were spinners.

Two statements are given followed by two/four conclusions. 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 :
(A) All men are employed
(B) No employees are professionals.
Conclusions :
I. No men are unemployed
II. No men are professionals.

Statements:
. Some students in the class are intelligent.
. All boys in the class are intelligent.
. Some girls in the class are not intelligent
If st two statements are true, the third is

One or two statements are given followed by two conclusions /assumptions, I and II. You have to consider the statement(s) to be true, even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts. You have to decide which of the given conclusions/ assumptions can definitely be drawn from the given statement(s). Indicate your answer.
Statements:
All women are cats.
All cats are rats.
Conclusions:
I. All women are rats.
II. All rats are women.

Consider the following statements-
(1) All artists are whimsical
(2) Some artists are drug adicts
(3) Frustrated people are prone to become drug addicts.
From the above three statements it may be concluded that-

Study the information below to answer these questions.
Seven friends namely Anand, Deepak, Varun, Ujjawal, Pritan, Kadir and Jasmeet live in three different buildings namely Ashiana, Top-Hill and Ridge. Each person is flying a kite of his choice with a different colour like red, green, blue, white, back, yellow, and pink, not necessarily in that order.
1. Kadir is flying a pink kete and lives in the some building where jasmeet stay i.e,'Ashiana'.
2. Varun is flying a back kite and does not live in Ridge building.
3. Ujjawal does not live in the same building where Anand or Pritam are living and is flying a yellow coloured kite.
4. Deepak lives in Ridge building with one more person and is flying a green kite.
5. None living in Top-Hill building flies a white kite.
6. Only two persons are staying in Ridge building while three of them are staying in Top-Hill building.
7. Pritam does not fly a blue kite and stays in Top-Hill.
Who is flying the 'Blue' kite?

Given below are pairs of events (A) and (B). You have to read both the events (A) and (B) and decide their nature of the relationship. You have to assume that the information is given in (A) and (B) is true, and you will not assume anything beyond the given information in deciding the answer. Mark answer
(1) If (A) is the effect and (B) is its immediate and principal cause.
(2) If (A) is the immediate and principal cause and (B) is its effect.
(3)If (A) is an effect but (B) is not its immediate and principal cause.
(4)If (B) is an effect but (A) is not its immediate and principal cause.
Event (A): Oil price can reach a new high in Iran.
Event (B): Demand for oil in the global market is increasing

Given below are pairs of events (A) and (B). You have to read both the events (A) and (B) and decide their nature of the relationship. You have to assume that the information is given in (A) and (B) is true, and you will not assume anything beyond the given information in deciding the answer. Mark answer
(1) If (A) is the effect and (B) is its immediate and principal cause.
(2) If (A) is the immediate and principal cause and (B) is its effect.
(3)If (A) is an effect but (B) is not its immediate and principal cause.
(4)If (B) is an effect but (A) is not its immediate and principal cause.
Event (A): People are avoiding post-paid mobile service connections.
Event (B): Prepaid mobile service connections are easily available in the market.

In the question below four statements are followed by four conclusions numbered I, II,III and IV. You have to take the given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance with commonly known facts. Read all the conclusions and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follow(s) from the given statements disregarding commonly known facts.
Statements:
Some tools are hammers.
All tools are trees.
Some trees are flowers.
No hammer is flower.
Conclusions:
I. All hammers are tools.
II. No tool is flower.
III. Some hammers are trees.
IV. Some flowers are tools.

Two statements are given, followed by three conclusions, I, II, III and IV. You have to consider the 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 can definitely be drawn from the given statement(s). Indicate your answer.
Statements:
1. SAGE is a reputed publisher of both journals and books.
2. All publishing of SAGE is highly qualitative.
Conclusions:
I. SAGE publishes qualitative articles.
II. SAGE did not publish the lowest quality articles.
III. SAGE enriches its publications by high scrutinization.

If highways were restricted to cars and only those trucks with capacity of less than tons, most of the truck traffic would be forced to run outside highways. Such a reduction in the amount of truck traffic would reduce the risk of collisions on highways. The conclusion drawn in the first sentence depends on which of the following assumptions?

All men are chairs. John Doe is a man. In logical language, therefore:

'All men are mortal and Victoria is a woman and hence Victoria is mortal'.
This statement is:

A statement and two conclusions are given. Consider the statement true and decide which of the conclusions will be followed.
Statement: Unemployment is one of the major reason for county’s poverty.
Conclusion:
I. Employment opportunities will end the poverty.
II. All the poor people in the country are unemployed.

A statement and two conclusions are given. Consider the statement true and decide which of the conclusions will be followed.
Statement: Many smokers in the country are suffering from cancer.
Conclusion:
I. Most of the cancer patients are smokers.
II. Smoking always causes cancer.

A statement and two conclusions are given. Consider the statement true and decide which of the conclusions will be followed.
Statement: India is heading towards industrialization and pollution is the main problem related to it.
Conclusion:
I. All the industrial nations are polluted.
II. India can become polluted.

A statement and two conclusions are given. Consider the statement true and decide which of the conclusions will be followed.
Statement: Cosmetics use can cause dangerous results.
Conclusion:
I. Cosmetics effect concomitantly.
II. Cheap cosmetics do not harm the skin.

A statement and two conclusions are given. Consider the statement true and decide which of the conclusions will be followed.
Statement: The people with religious beliefs will not betray and function in a cultured manner.
Conclusion:
I. Atheists are imposters and do betrayals.
II. The religion develops the virtues and honesty.

Assume the statement given is true and decide which of the conclusions can definitely be drawn from the given statement:
Statements: Forests Sector contributes a major portion to the Indian Economy.
Conclusions:
I. Trees should be preserved to improve Indian economy.
II. India wants only maintenance of forests to improve economic conditions.
