Statement and Conclusion Questions With Answers

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Statement and conclusion questions are part of logical reasoning section. In these type of questions , a statement will be given followed by a set of conclusions. Candidate need to choose the conclusion that logically follows the statement the most.

In some cases conclusions can be directly understood by reading the statement and in other cases the reader needs to analyse it to get the indirect conclusion.

A conclusion must be logically derived from given statement. No outside information/knowledge is used to derive a conclusion. So a conclusion is always accurate and logically correct. Conclusion is always provided by the author in the statement/passage directly or indirectly.

Do not confuse conclusion with an assumption or inference.

Example 1:

Statement: Education minister stressed the need to stop the present examination system and its replacement by other methods which would measure the real merit of the students.

Conclusions:

I. Examinations should be abolished.

II. The present examination system does not measure the real merit of the students.

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

Answer with explanation:

The statement stresses the inefficiency of current examination system and need to adopt a new method of examination. So, I does not follow. However, II directly follows from the given statement. So,answer is b.

Example 2:

Statement: The standard of education in private schools is much better than state-run schools.

Conclusions:

I.The Government should make serious efforts to improve standard of their schools.

II.All State-run schools should be closed immediately.

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

Answer with explanation:

From the given statement it is clear that standard of state-run schools are is not up the level. So, government should make serious efforts to improve standard of their schools . So, conclusion I follows and conclusion II doesn't . 

Direct Conclusion

Some conclusions can be directly referred from the given statement. You need only to read read them with a little bit of attention. These types of statements are generally termed as direct conclusion statements. Let’s take an example to understand it in a much better way.

Example:

Statement : John is the only son of Tom and Mary.

Conclusions :

I. Tom and Mary have one son.

II. John has one sister.

a - Only conclusion I is valid.

b- Only conclusion II is valid.

c - Either conclusion I or II is valid.

d - Neither conclusion I nor II is valid.

e - Both the conclusions are valid.

Answer with explanation :Statement tells that the John is the only son of their parents. This means that he has obviously no brothers. So the direct conclusion is I. But statement doesn't tell anything about the sister of the Ram. Hence II conclusion may or may not be true. So the answer is option a.

Indirect Conclusion

Here the candidate is expected to understand the given statement and to deduce the conclusion according to their closeness with the given statement. Careful reading and correct logical approach is required to solve this type of questions.

Example:

Statements: The distance of 900 km by road between Bombay and Jafra will be reduced to 280 km by sea. This will lead to a saving of Rs. 9.00 crores per annum on fuel.

Conclusions:

I. Transportation by sea is cheaper than that by road.

II.Fuel must be saved to the greatest extent

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

Answer: Option

Answer with explanation:

According to the statement, sea transport is cheaper than road transport in the case of route from Bombay to Jafra, not in all the cases. So, conclusion I does not follow. The statement stresses on the saving of fuel. So, conclusion II follows.