Statements: 70% of the government employees went on strike. Mr. Ram is a government employee.
Conclusions:
(I) Mr. Ram went on strike.
(II) Mr. Ram did not participate in the strike.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → Either conclusion I or II follows.
Two conclusions about the same thing that cannot both be true and cannot both be false form a complementary pair. When neither can be fixed from the statements, the answer is “either I or II follows”.
Only 70% of the employees went on strike, not all of them, so Mr. Ram may or may not be one of them: Conclusion I does not follow for certain.
For the same reason, Mr. Ram may be among the 70% who struck: Conclusion II does not follow for certain either.
But Mr. Ram either took part in the strike or did not, so one of the two must be true.