Direction: Mark the correct inference drawn from the statement Statement: Most of the students of Navodaya Vidyalaya are of outstanding merit. Inference:
Question and options
Direction: Mark the correct inference drawn from the statement
Statement: Most of the students of Navodaya Vidyalaya are of outstanding merit.
Inference:
Statement: Most of the students of Navodaya Vidyalaya are of outstanding merit.
Inference:
- Some of the students are of outstanding merit.
- There is no student in the Vidyalaya who is not outstanding
- There are some students in Navodaya Vidyalaya who are below outstanding merit
- All students are of outstanding merit.
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: A - Some of the students are of outstanding merit.
'Most students are of outstanding merit' guarantees at least some are; it does not say all, nor that some are definitely not, so only 'Some of the students are of outstanding merit' follows.
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