Look at the statements and mark the correct answer based on the conclusions which follow:
Statement:
A. I play video games when I am bored.
B. I am never bored in my friend's company.
Conclusion:
I. If I am bored, I play video games.
II. If I am bored, I seek my friend's company.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → Only conclusion I follows.
A conclusion follows only if the statements guarantee it; what is merely possible does not follow.
I. If I am bored, I play video games. Follows. It is statement A said the other way round: “I play video games when I am bored” means that being bored leads to playing video games.
II. If I am bored, I seek my friend’s company. Does not follow. Statement B says only that I am never bored while with my friend. It says nothing about what I do when I am bored; from A, what I do then is play video games.