Statement (I) : In spite of the claim of the Government of terrorism being under check, killing continues.
Conclusions (I) : The terrorists have not come to an understanding with the Government.
(II) : The Government has been constantly telling a lie.
Read the statement and which of the conclusions logically follows to the information given in the statement.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → If only I follows
A conclusion follows only if it is a reasonable inference from the statement itself, without bringing in outside assumptions.
Conclusion (I): The terrorists have not come to an understanding with the Government. Follows. The statement says the killings continue; if the terrorists had come to an understanding with the Government, the violence would have stopped.
Conclusion (II): The Government has been constantly telling a lie. Does not follow. The statement says only that the killings continue in spite of the claim. The Government may have misjudged the situation or the situation may have changed; nothing shows that it is lying, let alone ‘constantly’.