Statements, Conclusions and Assumptions for CUET General Aptitude

AnswerA · Only conclusion I follows

1. 'Under repair' says directly that the lift is out of service, so conclusion I follows from the notice itself.

2. Conclusion II ignores the first sentence. The notice points people to the stairs, which is a way to the upper floors.

3. Only conclusion I follows.

AnswerA · Only I follows

1. I follows: 12 March lies inside the period 10 March to 14 March, and for that period the notice says the train leaves from Platform 4.

2. II does not follow: the notice changes only the platform. It says nothing about the train's departure time, which stays 7:15 a.m. as far as the notice tells us.

3. So only I follows.

AnswerB · Only II follows

1. I does not follow: the circular sets a deadline; it says nothing about how many students have missed deadlines before.

2. II follows: 5 December is after 30 November, and the circular says files submitted after that date will not be counted.

3. So only II follows.

AnswerD · Both I and II follow

1. I follows: 62 out of every 100 is 62%, which is more than half.

2. II follows: the share went from 48 out of every 100 to 62 out of every 100, so it has risen.

3. Both I and II follow.

AnswerC · Neither I nor II follows

1. I does not follow: "some" trains were late. That does not mean all of them were.

2. II does not follow for the same reason: saying some trains were late leaves open that other trains were on time.

3. Neither I nor II follows.

AnswerB · Only II follows

1. I does not follow: Ward 5 is not among the wards named, so the announcement says nothing about its supply.

2. II follows: Ward 4 is named, and 1 p.m. falls between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m.

3. So only II follows.

AnswerD · A ticket for the fest cannot be bought at the college office at 4 p.m. on a Wednesday.

1. Tickets are sold only between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m., so 4 p.m. on a Wednesday is outside the selling hours. This follows.

2. "The office is closed after 2 p.m." does not follow: ticket sales stop at 2 p.m., but the office may stay open for other work.

3. "Online at weekends" contradicts "only at the college office … on weekdays". The popularity of the fest is not mentioned at all.

AnswerC · Neither I nor II follows

1. I does not follow: the report says only that the fall came after the fruit bowls were introduced. Something else, such as a price rise or fewer students in July, could explain it.

2. II does not follow: the report covers one canteen's sales. What students eat at home or elsewhere is not mentioned.

3. Neither I nor II follows.

AnswerC · Either I or II follows

1. I does not follow on its own: the final is on Saturday only if the ground is dry, and the statement does not say whether it will be.

2. II does not follow on its own either: the final is on Sunday only if the ground is not dry.

3. But the ground is either dry or not dry, so one of the two must happen. I and II cannot both be true, and one of them has to be. Either I or II follows.

AnswerD · Both I and II follow

1. I follows: the operator says all seats are booked, so as things stand there is no seat left to book.

2. II follows: a passenger with a booking has a seat, and no one on the bus is allowed to stand.

3. Both I and II follow.

AnswerD · Both I and II follow

1. I follows: each shirt is priced ₹900, which is within the ₹1,200 limit, so buying two brings the third free and the customer pays ₹1,800 for three.

2. II follows: the offer is valid only on shirts priced up to ₹1,200, and ₹1,500 is above that limit.

3. Both I and II follow.

AnswerC · Either I or II follows

1. I does not follow: the notice gives no information about how Meenakshi did, so qualifying is not certain.

2. II does not follow either: being waitlisted is equally uncertain.

3. But the notice says every candidate gets one of exactly these two outcomes, so one of I and II must be true. Either I or II follows.

AnswerB · The daily number of bus users in Kalyangarh rose by 50% between January and June.

1. The rise is $18{,}000 - 12{,}000 = 6{,}000$ users a day.

2. Measured on the January figure, $6{,}000 \div 12{,}000$ = ½, a rise of 50%. This follows.

3. "One-third" divides 6,000 by the June figure, 18,000, which is the wrong base. Fares and car use are not mentioned, so those need outside information.

AnswerC · A visitor who comes on the first Sunday of a month does not pay for entry.

1. The board says entry is free on the first Sunday of each month, so a visitor that day pays nothing. This follows.

2. The board says nothing about the amount charged on other days, or even whether every visitor pays then, so "₹50 on other days" is outside information.

3. Visitor numbers are not mentioned, and the museum is closed every Monday, so it is not open on the first Monday.

AnswerA · Most of the shoppers surveyed preferred UPI to cash.

1. 320 out of 500 is 64%, more than half of those surveyed, so most of the shoppers surveyed preferred UPI. This follows.

2. "Most people in Sitapur" stretches a survey of 500 shoppers at one market to the whole town, which the survey cannot support.

3. The future of shops and the reason 180 shoppers preferred cash are guesses beyond the survey.

AnswerB · Only II follows

1. I does not follow: the statement says every student chose at least one of the two subjects, so I contradicts it.

2. II follows: $25 + 22 = 47$ choices were made by only 40 students, so $47 - 40 = 7$ students must have been counted twice, that is, chose both.

3. So only II follows.

AnswerA · Only I follows

1. I follows: if Irfan were a club member, he could not have failed the test. He did fail, so he is not a member.

2. II does not follow: the statement is about a Mathematics test and club membership. It says nothing about Irfan's ability in science.

3. So only I follows.

AnswerA · Only I follows

1. I follows: Farhan scored 85, which is above 80, and every such student gets a reward card.

2. II does not follow: the rule says a score above 80 brings a card, not that a card comes only from a score above 80. Tanvi may have got hers for some other reason, such as full attendance.

3. So only I follows.

AnswerD · Arjun paid the hostel fee by 15 July.

1. "Only students who have paid by 15 July will be allotted rooms" means no one gets a room without paying by that date.

2. Arjun has a room, so he must have paid by 15 July. This follows.

3. "Every student who paid has a room" reverses the rule: paying is needed, but the notice does not say it is enough, since rooms may run out. "On 15 July" is too exact, and a room for a late payer contradicts the notice.

AnswerA · Only I is implicit

1. Negation test for I: if passengers never paid attention to notices, putting up this request would make no sense. So I is implicit.

2. Negation test for II: even if most passengers carry little or no luggage, the notice still makes sense for those who do. So II is not implicit.

3. Only I is implicit.

AnswerA · Only I is implicit

1. Negation test for I: if nobody wanted to learn spoken English, advertising such a course would be pointless. So I is implicit.

2. Negation test for II: if weekend batches cost the same as weekday ones, the advertisement still makes sense, because it mentions weekends for convenience, not price. So II is not implicit.

3. Only I is implicit.

AnswerB · Only II is implicit

1. Negation test for I: if most riders did not wear helmets, the hoarding would make even more sense. So I is not implicit.

2. Negation test for II: if helmets gave no protection, the claim that a helmet can save a life would be baseless. So II is implicit.

3. Only II is implicit.

AnswerC · Neither I nor II is implicit

1. Negation test for I: even if most people in Palashpur prefer rotis, the board still makes sense, since some people buy bread. So I is not implicit.

2. Negation test for II: if other bakeries also sell morning bread, the board still makes sense. So II is not implicit.

3. Neither I nor II is implicit. The board assumes only that some customers want fresh bread in the morning.

AnswerC · Children may need to drink water during events held outdoors.

1. Negation test: if children never needed water during outdoor events, asking for water bottles would make no sense. So this is implicit.

2. Cancellation in rain is never mentioned, and any bottle will do, so a new one is not needed.

3. Water drunk at home has nothing to do with the request, which is about the day's outdoor events.

AnswerA · Some people want to lower what they spend on lighting.

1. Negation test: if nobody cared about the lighting bill, promising to halve it would attract no one. So this is implicit.

2. The advertisement is about the bill, not how long bulbs last, and it says nothing about the price of the bulbs.

3. "Everyone who reads it" is too strong: the advertisement makes sense as long as some readers still use other bulbs.

AnswerD · Both I and II are implicit

1. Negation test for I: if students remembered a chapter just as well without early revision, the advice to revise within 24 hours would be pointless. The principal never says students forget; he takes it for granted. So I is implicit.

2. Negation test for II: if students could not find the time within 24 hours, the advice could not be followed and would make no sense. So II is implicit too.

3. Both I and II are implicit.

AnswerB · Only II is implicit

1. Negation test for I: even if many residents have no internet, the announcement still makes sense, since the counters remain open for them. So I is not implicit; keeping the counters open actually suggests the opposite.

2. Negation test for II: if no resident could pay online, launching the online option would be pointless. So II is implicit.

3. Only II is implicit.

AnswerC · Neither I nor II is implicit

1. Negation test for I: if the metro cost the same as a taxi, Ravi's advice still makes sense, because his reason is speed, not cost. So I is not implicit.

2. Negation test for II: if his sister has used the metro many times, the advice still makes sense. So II is not implicit.

3. Neither I nor II is implicit. What Ravi does assume is that the metro goes to, or near, the book fair.

AnswerB · Only II is implicit

1. Negation test for I: if the number of runners stayed the same, the change would still make sense, because its stated purpose is to avoid the heat. So I is not implicit.

2. Negation test for II: if it were still cool when a 7 a.m. race finished, moving the start earlier to avoid heat would be pointless. So II is implicit.

3. Only II is implicit.

AnswerD · Both I and II are implicit

1. Negation test for I: if the outage could not possibly have kept anyone from submitting on time, extending the date because of it would make no sense. The college need not know that anyone was actually affected, only that someone could have been. So I is implicit.

2. Negation test for II: if the website stayed down until after 20 August, the new date would be useless. So II is implicit too.

3. Both I and II are implicit.

AnswerD · Both I and II are implicit

1. Negation test for I: if the corridor lights were already always off after 11 p.m., the request would be pointless. So I is implicit.

2. Negation test for II: if switching them off did not lower the bill, the stated purpose would fail. So II is implicit.

3. Both I and II are implicit.

AnswerB · Trees along a road can reduce the amount of dust in the air.

1. Negation test: if trees did nothing to reduce dust, planting them for that purpose would be pointless. So this is implicit.

2. "No trees at present" fails the test: if some trees are already there, planting 5,000 more still makes sense.

3. "The only pollution problem" is an extreme claim the plan does not need, and nothing says residents rather than the corporation will water the trees.

AnswerC · Neither I nor II is implicit

1. I is not an assumption: it is written in the statement itself. An assumption is something unstated that the speaker takes for granted, so repeating the statement does not count. I is not implicit.

2. Negation test for II: if students had other places to study, extending the library hours would still make sense as one more choice. "No other place" is too extreme. II is not implicit.

3. Neither I nor II is implicit. The real assumption is that some students would like to study at the library in the evenings.

AnswerA · Only I is implicit

1. Negation test for I: if the second-hand laptop cost as much as the new one, choosing it would save no money for the fees. So I is implicit.

2. Negation test for II: if second-hand laptops work somewhat less well, Sameer's choice still makes sense: he is accepting a lesser laptop to save money. So II is not implicit.

3. Only I is implicit.

AnswerD · Rehana will meet players stronger than her at the district tournament.

1. Negation test: if no one at the tournament were stronger than Rehana, the coach's reason for entering would vanish. So this is implicit.

2. Winning is not needed: the coach wants her to improve, and losing to stronger players fits that aim.

3. "Reached the highest level" contradicts the idea of improving, and "the only way" is an extreme the advice does not need.

AnswerB · The 6 a.m. bus can get Tenzin to Devpur before 10 a.m.

1. Negation test: if the 6 a.m. bus reached Devpur after 10 a.m., taking it to arrive before the interview would make no sense. So this is implicit.

2. "Tenzin plans to take the 6 a.m. bus" merely repeats what he said. A restatement is not an assumption.

3. "No other way" is too extreme; he may simply prefer the bus. A later start time is not assumed, since he plans to arrive before 10 a.m.

AnswerA · Only I follows

1. I follows: the problem is the broken speakers, and repairing them removes it directly. It is practical and quick.

2. II does not follow: closing a whole platform to fix a speaker fault is out of proportion, and it would cause fresh crowding on the other platforms.

3. So only I follows.

AnswerB · Only II follows

1. I does not follow: it shifts the problem onto students for a whole year instead of fixing a machine fault that has lasted a week.

2. II follows: a cooler that gives warm water needs repair, and repairing it solves the complaint.

3. So only II follows.

AnswerD · Both I and II follow

1. I follows: a marked parking area gives customers a place to park, which is the stated problem.

2. II follows: a time limit stops a few vehicles from occupying spaces all day, so more customers can find a place to park. It is practical and aimed at the same difficulty.

3. Both I and II follow. They do not compete; the two can be taken together.

AnswerB · Only II follows

1. I does not follow: the problem is parked vehicles blocking the lane, not the shops. Shutting every shop is extreme.

2. II follows: clearing one side of the lane makes room for fire engines. The word "banned" is fine here because the ban is narrow and matches the problem.

3. So only II follows.

AnswerA · Only II follows

1. I does not follow: stopping children from drinking water is impractical and harmful, and it does not fix the wet floor.

2. II follows: mats and regular mopping make the floor safe, which is exactly the problem.

3. So only II follows.

AnswerC · The municipal body should repair the streetlights on the main road at once.

1. The problem is non-working streetlights on one road; repairing them restores light and safety. This is practical and direct.

2. Keeping residents indoors or closing shops early restricts people's lives instead of fixing the lights.

3. Replacing every streetlight in the town goes far beyond a fault on one road.

AnswerA · Only course of action I should be taken

1. A course of action is judged on whether it addresses the problem stated without going further than the problem warrants.

2. The problem named is direct sunlight, and moving the assembly into shade removes exactly that. Course I is appropriate.

3. Course II ends the assembly altogether, which treats the sunlight as if it were unavoidable. It is disproportionate to the problem described.

4. Only course of action I should be taken.

AnswerC · Neither I nor II follows

1. I does not follow: the problem is phones in the examination hall, not phones on campus. A campus-wide ban for every student goes far beyond it.

2. II does not follow: cancelling the examination for everyone punishes the many honest students for what a few did, and it does not stop phones being used next time.

3. Neither I nor II follows. A sensible course would be to collect phones before students enter the examination hall.

AnswerA · Only I follows

1. I follows: the statement links the rise in cases to standing water in the plots, and draining it removes the place where mosquitoes breed.

2. II does not follow: moving a whole ward out of their homes for months is impractical and extreme when the source of the problem can be removed.

3. So only I follows.

AnswerD · Both I and II follow

1. I follows: more counters shorten the queues for those who cannot pay online.

2. II follows: help sessions tackle the other half of the problem, the difficulty with paying online.

3. Both I and II follow, and they work well together.

AnswerC · Neither I nor II follows

1. I does not follow: stopping the service leaves passengers with no bus at all, a far worse outcome than late buses.

2. II does not follow: the delays come from potholes, not from the drivers, so punishing drivers is unfair and does not address the cause.

3. Neither I nor II follows. Repairing the potholes would.

AnswerA · Books should be checked at the counter when they are returned, and borrowers charged for any damage.

1. Checking books on return finds the damage and links it to the borrower, and a charge discourages careless handling. It is practical and aimed at the problem.

2. Stopping lending, or allowing one book a year, punishes every reader for the carelessness of some.

3. Buying more books replaces the damaged ones but does nothing to stop the tearing.

AnswerB · The school should move the remedial classes to a later time.

1. The cause given is the early start for students who travel far, so a later start removes it.

2. Failing absent students punishes them for a timing problem the school can fix, and stopping the classes gives up on the students who need them.

3. Moving the classes to Sunday keeps the same 7 a.m. start, so the travel difficulty remains.

AnswerD · Both I and II follow

1. I follows: engineers say the bridge may be unsafe, and people's lives are at risk. Closing it until repair is strong but proportionate to that danger.

2. II follows: once the bridge is closed, passengers still need to cross, and sending them to the other footbridge is practical.

3. Both I and II follow.

AnswerA · Only I follows

1. I follows: an extra counter shortens the queue, so fewer visitors give up and leave.

2. II does not follow: the problem is that visitors are being lost. Raising prices would drive more of them away, which works against the museum's aim.

3. So only I follows.

AnswerD · Food-safety officials should stop the shop selling the affected sweets and seize the colour until the shop follows the rules.

1. The problem is one shop using a banned colour. Stopping the sale of those sweets and seizing the colour removes the risk to buyers at once.

2. Telling everyone to give up sweets, or closing every shop in the state, is far wider than the problem found.

3. A notice while sales continue leaves the unsafe sweets on sale, so it does not solve the problem.

AnswerA · Only I is strong

1. I is strong: it gives a real and important benefit, the safety of children, that follows directly from fitting trackers.

2. II is weak: what other towns do is not a reason. It says nothing about whether trackers would help or harm in Ranipur.

3. Only I is strong.

AnswerC · Neither I nor II is strong

1. I is weak: "the best of all sports" is an opinion, not a reason, and it does not explain why every student must learn.

2. II is weak: disliking getting wet is a trivial point that does not bear on whether learning to swim is worthwhile.

3. Neither I nor II is strong. A strong argument would point to something like water safety or the cost of pools.

AnswerC · That same month, the library was closed for ten days for repairs.

1. The claim says the timetable caused the fall only because the two happened in the same month.

2. A ten-day closure in that month would reduce attendance on its own, giving another cause. That weakens the claim.

3. Who drew up the timetable, the size of the collection and whether students like the timetable do not touch the link between the timetable and attendance.

AnswerC · In a nearby town, cafés that began offering free Wi-Fi gained customers in the following months, while similar cafés without it did not.

1. The argument predicts that Wi-Fi will bring more customers.

2. Evidence that Wi-Fi brought customers to similar cafés, and that cafés without it did not gain, supports that prediction directly.

3. The owner's home use, the cost of equipment and the tea menu say nothing about whether Wi-Fi attracts customers.

AnswerD · The 8 a.m. bus left five minutes early today.

1. Joseph's reasoning assumes that missing the bus can only mean Tenzin was late.

2. If the bus left early, Tenzin could have missed it even while on time. That gives another explanation and weakens the reasoning.

3. The watch, the route and the time of his first class do not explain why he missed the bus.

AnswerB · Only II is strong

1. I is weak: it rests on what other colleges do, and "every other college" is a sweeping claim that is not backed up.

2. II is strong: it names a real need of students that longer hours would meet, directly tied to the question.

3. Only II is strong.

AnswerA · Only I is strong

1. I is strong: it gives a clear, likely effect of a fee on the stated problem, the shortage of parking spaces.

2. II is weak: it states a dislike, not a reason, and "nobody" is a sweeping claim. It says nothing about whether the fee would help or harm the market.

3. Only I is strong.

AnswerA · Only I is strong

1. I is strong: it gives a well-known concern about children's health that bears directly on what a school should sell.

2. II is weak: liking something is a preference, not a reason why a school should keep selling it.

3. Only I is strong.

AnswerB · Only II is strong

1. I is weak: appearance is a minor point next to the purpose of a flyover, which is to ease traffic.

2. II is strong: it uses evidence about the cause of the jam to show that the flyover would not solve it.

3. Only II is strong.

AnswerA · Students who attended the reading hour read faster at the end of the term than at the start, while a similar group who did not attend showed no change.

1. To support "the reading hour improved speed", we need evidence that speed rose for those who attended and not for similar students who did not.

2. The comparison group does exactly that, ruling out a general rise that would have happened anyway. It strengthens the claim.

3. Where the hour is held and what parents want are irrelevant. Enjoying the stories is about liking, not about reading speed.

AnswerD · Mill Road was closed to traffic for six months this year for pipeline work.

1. The claim credits the speed breakers with the fall in accidents.

2. If the road was closed for half the year, there was far less traffic, which by itself would cut accidents. That weakens the claim.

3. The paint, accidents elsewhere and drivers' complaints do not bear on why accidents on Mill Road fell.

AnswerD · In nearby societies without cameras, bicycle thefts stayed at last year's level.

1. The claim would be weaker if thefts had fallen everywhere in the area, since then something else would explain the fall.

2. Thefts staying level in nearby societies without cameras rules that out and points to the cameras. That strengthens the claim.

3. The brand of camera and residents' feelings do not show that thefts fell because of the cameras. How many families own bicycles does not show it either.

AnswerB · On ordinary days, the buses run mostly empty.

1. The claim judges the whole service by a single, unusual day.

2. If buses are mostly empty on ordinary days, fair day was not typical, and the service is not shown to be popular. That weakens the claim.

3. The fare and the month of the fair are irrelevant. Passengers standing on fair day only confirms that the buses were full that day.

AnswerB · Only students who already have high marks in all subjects are allowed to join the optional music class.

1. The conclusion reads a cause into a difference between two groups.

2. If only high scorers may join the music class, the music students were already better at Mathematics before they learnt music. The difference comes from who was let in, not from music. That weakens the conclusion.

3. Some non-music students scoring well does not change the fact that the music group scores higher on average. How often the class meets and the dance class are irrelevant.

AnswerC · Most of the crowd is made up of applicants waiting for a document check that only one officer is authorised to carry out, and that officer's hours will not change.

1. The plan assumes that longer office hours will let more applicants be served.

2. If the crowd is caused by a check that only one officer does, and that officer does not work longer, the extra hours will not clear the crowd. That weakens the plan directly.

3. The painting is irrelevant, and a higher electricity bill is a cost, not a reason the plan would fail. Evening demand actually supports the plan.