Monday, November 24, 2014
Statement and Conclusion
Statement and Conclusion Questions are asked in all competitive exams like Banking Exams/ SSC/ Placements/ UPPSC, generally these questions are asked in Reasoning Section of the exam. Actually the number of questions of this type varies from exam to exam, example- in IBPS (PO and Clerks) they do ask only 5-10 questions with varying standard but in case of SBI (and its Associates) they ask nearly 20-25 questions.
These questions does not require any grammar or vocabulary skills, they do require only reasoning skills. Many students stuck at these questions as they are unable to understand the question properly or else they are unable to get the proper conclusion from the given statement, and thus they get out of the competition without scoring good marks. So we have decided to provide some useful information regarding this Statement and Conclusion type Questions, and we are sure that you will get benefit from this tips.
In this type of questions, some statements are given followed by some inferential conclusions which can be derived from the given statements. You are required to consider the conclusions and then decide which of them logocally follows beyond a reasonable doubt from the information given in the statement. Such questions are asked to test your ability to derive correct inferences from the given pieces of information. The most important aspect of such questions is nature of conclusion. Some of the conclusions can be easily and quickly detected because these follow directly from the facts stated in the statements. The pieces of information given in the statement clearly supports the conclusion. But sometimes conclusions may be indirect. In such cases it becomes very difficult to decide the validity of conclusion.
A conclusion will follow, if
1) It is implied in one or all of the pieces of information
2) It is a generalisation of the ideas given in the statement
3) No material fallacy is committed, viz.,
a) Fallacy of composition
b) Fallacy of division
c) Fallacy of uncritical analogy
d) Fallacy of accident and
e) Fallacy of insufficient data
Each question is given a statement followed by two conclusions numbered I and II. You have to assume everything in the statement to be true, then consider two conclusions together and decide which of them logically follows beyond a reasonable doubt from the information given in the statement.
Give answer (1) : If only conclusion I follows.
Give answer (2) : If only conclusion II follows.
Give answer (3) : If either I or II follows.
Give answer (4) : If neither I or II follows.
Give answer (5) : If both I or II follows.
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