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Direction: In the given question, two statements (1) and (2) are given and these statements are followed by two conclusions numbered I and II. You have to take the given two statements to be true…

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Direction: In the given question, two statements (1) and (2) are given and these statements are followed by two conclusions numbered I and II. You have to take the given two statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts. Read the conclusions and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the two given statements, disregarding commonly known facts.
Statements:
(1) 60% of the government employees went on strike
(2) Mr. Gopal is a government employee
Conclusions:
(I) Mr. Gopal went on strike.
(II) Mr. Gopal did not participate in the strike.
  1. Only conclusion (I) follows
  2. Only conclusion (II) follows
  3. Both conclusions (I) and (II) follow
  4. Either conclusion (I) or (II) follows

Answer and explanation

Correct answer: D - Either conclusion (I) or (II) follows
Only 60% of the employees struck, so the statements do not show whether Mr. Gopal did, and neither conclusion follows on its own. But the two conclusions are complementary: he either went on strike or did not, so exactly one of them must hold and "either I or II follows".

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