Given is a statement, followed by four conclusions. Read the statement carefully and decide which of the conclusions logically follow(s) from the given statement. Statement: This book can help because all good books help. Conclusions: I. This is not a good book. II. This is a good book. III. No good book helps. IV. Some good books help.
Only conclusion II follows
Statement Interpretation
The statement "This book can help because all good books help" provides:
- A general rule: All good books help.
- A specific case: This book can help.
- A causal link: The helpfulness of 'this book' is attributed to the general rule.
This implies that the reason 'this book' helps is because it possesses the quality mentioned in the rule, i.e., being a good book.
Conclusions Logical Following
- Conclusion I: This is not a good book.
This conclusion does not logically follow. The statement implies that helpfulness is linked to being a good book, but doesn't suggest this book *isn't* good.
- Conclusion II: This is a good book.
This conclusion follows logically. The statement explains that 'this book can help' using the reason 'all good books help'. This structure suggests that 'this book' must be a good book for it to be helpful according to the given reason.
- Conclusion III: No good book helps.
This conclusion is directly contradicted by the premise 'all good books help'. Therefore, it cannot logically follow.
- Conclusion IV: Some good books help.
While this conclusion is logically implied by the premise 'all good books help', the statement's core argument focuses on deducing the nature of 'this book'. Given the structure and focus, the deduction about 'this book' being good is the primary logical outcome.
Deduction Summary
The statement's structure logically leads to the conclusion that 'this book' is a good book, as its helpfulness is justified by the general principle that good books help.
Important Questions from Statements and Conclusions
A situation is given, followed by two conclusions I and II. Read the situation and both the conclusions carefully and select the correct answer.
Situation:
Since the past 15 years, 75% of the products in the world’s pottery market comes from Country K. However, the employment in the pottery industry of Country K has been consistently declining by 5-9% every year since the past 3 years.
Conclusions:
I. Even after declining employment, Country K has enough potters to continue contributing equally to the international market.
II. The local demand of pottery in Country K has substantially decreased leading to less interest among potters.
The statement below is followed by three conclusions labelled I, II and III. You have to assume everything in the statement to be true, and then decide which of the three suggested conclusions logically follows for pursuing.
Statements:
1) No school is an institution but they are establishment.
2) All establishments that are not institutions have buildings.
Conclusions:
I. Schools are not establishments.
II. All schools have buildings.
III. Schools do not have buildings.Read the given statements and conclusion carefully and decide which of the following options is true with respect to the given conclusion.
Statements:
The Gateway of India is in Mumbai.
Mumbai is in India.
Conclusion:
The Gateway of India is in India.
Read the given statements and conclusion carefully and decide which of the following options is true with respect to the given conclusion.
Statements:
Men who are handsome are generally of the intellectual type.
Vikram is handsome.
Conclusion:
Vikram is intellectual.Study the given statement and the conclusions carefully and decide which of the following conclusions follow(s) the given statement logically.
Statement:
The British introduced the postal system in India in 1764.
Conclusions:
I. Postal letters often are late, or they are lost.
II. Postmen get less salary, so they tend to do mistakes.
