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Question

Statements: Morning walks are good for health.
Conclusions: I: All healthy people go for morning walks.
II: Evening walks are harmful.
Choose the correct option :

The correct answer is
Neither conclusion I nor II follows

Understanding the Statement: Morning Walks and Health

The core statement provided is: "Morning walks are good for health." This indicates a positive correlation: engaging in morning walks contributes positively to a person's well-being.

Analyzing Conclusion I: All Healthy People Go for Morning Walks

This conclusion attempts to reverse the logic of the statement. Let's examine its validity:

  • The statement implies: If you go for morning walks, it benefits your health.
  • Conclusion I implies: If you are healthy, you must be going for morning walks.
  • This is a logical fallacy. Just because morning walks are beneficial for health does not mean they are the only way to achieve good health, or that every healthy person necessarily performs them. People can maintain good health through various means like diet, other exercises, genetics, etc.
  • Therefore, Conclusion I is an unwarranted generalization and does not logically follow from the initial statement.

Analyzing Conclusion II: Evening Walks Are Harmful

This conclusion introduces a completely new aspect – evening walks – and makes a negative assertion about them:

  • The original statement exclusively discusses the benefits of morning walks concerning health.
  • Crucially, the statement provides zero information about evening walks. We don't know if they are helpful, harmful, or neutral based solely on the given text.
  • Making a claim about the harmfulness of evening walks is introducing information that is not present in or implied by the provided statement.
  • Hence, Conclusion II is unsupported and cannot be logically derived.

Determining the Correct Option

After analyzing both conclusions against the given statement:

  • Conclusion I overgeneralizes and reverses the relationship.
  • Conclusion II introduces unsupported information.

Since neither conclusion is logically sound based on the provided statement "Morning walks are good for health," the correct choice must reflect this.

Final Answer Validation

The analysis confirms that Conclusion I makes an invalid leap, and Conclusion II discusses an unrelated topic without support. Therefore, the correct logical outcome is that neither conclusion follows from the premise.

The correct option is 4. Neither conclusion I nor II follows.

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Important Questions from Statement and Conclusion (Notes)

  1. Study the following question carefully and choose the right answer
    Statement: Should articles of only deserving authors be allowed to be published?
    Arguments:
    (I) No, it is not possible to draw a line between the deserving and the undeserving.
    (II) Yes, it will save a lot of paper which is already in short supply.
    In light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below.
  2. In this question, a statement is given followed by two conclusions numbered i and ii. You have to assume everything in the statement to be true, then consider the two conclusions together and decide which of them logically follows beyond a reasonable doubt from the information given in the statement.

    Statement:
    Ameen divides all his property among his four children.

    Conclusions:
    i) Ameen has only four children.
    ii) Ameen will not take any share from his property.

    Choose the appropriate one from the following 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.

  3. In the given question, a statement is given followed by some conclusions. Choose the conclusion(s) which logically follow(s) the given statement. 

    Statement: 

    Few shops on this road have neon lights, but they all have signboards. 

    Conclusions : 

    I. Some shops have either signboards or neon lights. 

    II. Some shops have no signboards. 

    III. Some shops have no neon lights. 

    IV. Some shops have both signboards and neon lights. 

    The conclusion(s) correctly drawn is/are :

  4. In this question, a statement is given followed by two conclusions numbered i and ii. You have to assume everything in the statement to be true, then consider the two conclusions together and decide which of them logically follows beyond a reasonable doubt from the information given in the statement.
    Statement:
    Rohan will announce his retirement after 2020 Olympics.
    Conclusions:
    i) Rohan is a sportsperson.
    ii) Rohan is not a sportsperson.

    Choose the appropriate one from the following options

    (A) Only conclusion i follows. 

    (B) Only conclusion ii follows. 

    (C) Both conclusion i and ii follow. 

    (D) Neither  i nor ii follows.

    (E) Both i and ii follow.

  5. Given below are two statements regarding the characteristics of adolescence.
    Statement (I) Adolescents are consistant in their emotional expressions.
    Statment (II)An addescent learns to reason and seeks answer to 'how' and 'why' of everything scientifically.
    Choose the correct options.
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