Statement and Conclusion

Statements and Conclusion Tips

Here, are some quick and easy Tips and Tricks for Statements and Conclusion for you to follow and solve Objective Reasoning questions competently in competitive exams.

  • Sometimes the statement can go against any fact or any prevailing concept of truth.
  • The keywords like always, only, exactly, at least, and so on make the conclusion unclear and invalid.
  • There cannot be any mutual contradiction if the statement is consists of two or more sentences.
  • The conclusion is invalid if it is provided with a specified example.
  • The words such as all, few, most, must, no, had to, will be, always, few, never, should be, may, may not will help in analyzing valid and invalid conclusion.
Type 1: Direct Conclusion

Question 1.

Statement:
To cultivate interest in reading, the school has made it compulsory from June this year for each student to read two books per week and submit a weekly report on the books.

Conclusion:
I. Interest in reading can be created by force.
II. Some students will eventually develop interest in reading.

Options

A. Only conclusion I follows

B. Only conclusion II follows

C. Either I or II follows

D. Neither I nor II follows

E. Both I and II follow

Solution :

Clearly, the new scheme intends to develop interest in reading by incorporating the habit in their routine. So, only II follows while I does not.

Correct option: B

Type 2: Indirect Conclusion

Question 1.

Statement:
No country is absolutely self-dependent these days.

Conclusion:
I. It is impossible to grow and produce all that a country needs.
II. Countrymen in general have become lazy.

Options

A. Only conclusion I follows

B. Only conclusion II follows

C. Either I or II follows

D. Neither I nor II follows

E. Both I and II follow

Solution :

Clearly, only I provides a suitable explanation to the given statement. So, only I follows.

Correct option: A

Case 2: When only conclusion II follows

Question 1.

Statement:
The percentage of the national income shared by the top 10 per cent of households in India is 35.

Conclusion:
I. When an economy grows fast, concentration of wealth in certain pockets of population takes place.
II. The national income is unevenly distributed in India.

Options

A. Only conclusion I follows

B. Only conclusion II follows

C. Either I or II follows

D. Neither I nor II follows

E. Both I and II follow

Solution :

Nothing about the growth of economy is mentioned in the statement. So, I does not follow. Also, it is given that 35 per cent of national income is shared by 10 per cent of households. This indicates unequal distribution. So, II follows.

Correct option: B

Case 3: When neither conclusion 1 nor 2 follows

Question 1.

Statement:
Any student who does not behave properly while in the school brings bad name to himself and also for the school.

Conclusion:
I. Such student should be removed from the school.
II. Stricter discipline does not improve behaviour of the students.

Options

A. Only conclusion I follows

B. Only conclusion II follows

C. Either I or II follows

D. Neither I nor II follows

E. Both I and II follow

Solution :

Clearly, I cannot be deduced from the statement. Also, nothing about discipline is mentioned in the statement. So, neither I nor II follows.

Correct option: D

Case 4: When either conclusion 1 or 2 follows

Question 1.

Statement:
A Corporate General Manager asked four managers to either submit their resignations by the next day or face termination orders from service. Three of them had submitted their resignations by that evening.

Conclusion:
I. The next day, the remaining manager would also resign.
II. The General Manager would terminate his services the next day.

Options

A. Only conclusion I follows

B. Only conclusion II follows

C. Either I or II follows

D. Neither I nor II follows

E. Both I and II follow

Solution :

It is mentioned in the statement that either the managers should resign by the next day or their services would be terminated. So, either I or II follows.

Correct option: C

Case 5: When both conclusion 1 and 2 follows

Question 1.

Statement:
Company X has marketed the product. Go ahead; purchase it if price and quality are your considerations.

Conclusion:
I. The product must be good in quality.
II. The price of the product must be reasonable.

Options

A. Only conclusion I follows

B. Only conclusion II follows

C. Either I or II follows

D. Neither I nor II follows

E. Both I and II follow

Solution :

The statement clearly states that students with bad behavior brings bad name to family and friends, so we can conclude that discipline should be taught to them and they also create bad impact on other students.

Correct option: E