Statement: A bus operator announces: "All seats on our 6 p.m. Pune to Nashik bus for tomorrow are booked. No standing passengers will be allowed."
Conclusions:
I. At present, no seat on tomorrow's 6 p.m. bus is available for booking.
II. Passengers who have booked seats on tomorrow's 6 p.m. bus will not have to stand.
Which conclusions follow?

Only I followsCorrect answerYour answerOnly II followsCorrect answerYour answerEither I or II followsCorrect answerYour answerBoth I and II followCorrect answerYour answer

Show the answer and explanation

CorrectNot quiteAnswer D

Correct answer: D

I follows: the operator says all seats are booked, so as things stand there is no seat left to book.
II follows: a passenger with a booking has a seat, and no one on the bus is allowed to stand.
Both I and II follow.

Worth noting

I is limited to "at present" on purpose: a seat could be freed later by a cancellation, which the announcement does not rule out. A conclusion must hold for exactly the time the statement covers.

Concept: Combining two parts of a statement
Typical timeTypical: 70 s
Your timeYours: —

The rule this testsStatements and conclusions

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