Study Materials for IBPS, Bank Exams : Reasoning - Statement & Conclusions

Statement & Conclusions

Directions (Q. 1-3): In each question below is given a statement followed by two conclusions numbered (I) and (II) You have to assume everything in the statement to be true and consider both the conclusions together, then decide which of the two given conclusions logically follow beyond a reasonable doubt from the information given in the statement. Give answer:

1. If, only Conclusion (I) follows.
2. If only Conclusion (II) follows.
3. If either (I) or (II) follows.
4. If neither (I) nor (II) follows.
5. If both (I) and (II) follow.

1. Statement:
About 50 per cent of animal by-products hair, skin, horn etc. is edible protein. Indian chemists have developed a method of isolating 45 per cent of this protein. They used an enzyme developed in Japan to break down Soya protein.
Conclusions:
(I) Indians have not been able to develop enzymes.
(II) If an economically feasible process is developed, there would be plenty of edible protein available.

2. Statement: Since inequality is built in wherever there is development, there is a little that can be done to arrest it except at the cost of development itself.
Conclusions:
(I) To achieve development inequality should be allowed to continue.
(II) Equality and development do not go together.

3. Statement: Recent researches have shown that pimples have their root cause within the liver.
Conclusions:
(I) The medication for pimples should be administered in the liver.
(II) Creams requiring external application are of no use.