Question
Download Solution PDFIn 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: The government has been supplying free drugs since 2014, and 75 thousand diseased people have benefited up to now, though the size of the population affected is 100 times this number.
Conclusion:
i) Every affected person is benefited by the government's supply of free drugs.
ii) Providing free drugs to the affected people is a nice scheme implemented by the Indian government.
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.
Answer (Detailed Solution Below)
Detailed Solution
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Statement: The government has been supplying free drugs since 2014, and 75 thousand diseased people have benefited up to now, though the size of the population affected is 100 times this number.
Conclusion:
(i) Every affected person is benefited by the government's supply of free drugs - False (Because, according to the statement affected peoples are 100 times more than the people have benefited).
(ii) Providing free drugs to the affected people is a nice scheme implemented by the Indian government - False (Because, term scheme is not mentioned in the statement).
So, Neither i nor ii follows.
Hence, the correct answer is "Option 3".
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