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Difficulty: MediumStatement and Conclusions or Inferences

Read the given statements and determine which of the conclusions can be logically drawn from them.

Statement I: According to the new administrative guidelines, any public grievance petition that remains pending for more than 45 days is automatically escalated to the State Vigilance Commission.
Statement II: A significant number of petitions regarding rural water supply have remained unresolved for the past two months.

Conclusion I: Several petitions related to rural water supply will be escalated to the State Vigilance Commission.
Conclusion II: The department handling rural water supply is the most inefficient department in the state administration.

Which of the following options is correct?

  1. Only Conclusion I followsAnswer
  2. B
    Only Conclusion II follows
  3. C
    Both Conclusion I and Conclusion II follow
  4. D
    Neither Conclusion I nor Conclusion II follows

Answer

Only Conclusion I follows.
The correct answer accurately evaluates both conclusions. Conclusion I is a direct logical deduction because a period of two months exceeds the 45-day threshold, triggering the automatic escalation detailed in the first statement. Conclusion II is an extreme, unwarranted generalization because the text offers no comparative data about other departments.

Step-by-Step Solution

1
Analyze Statement I
Establishes a strict rule: if a petition is pending > 45 days, it gets escalated to the State Vigilance Commission.
To identify the necessary condition for an action to occur.
2
Analyze Statement II
Identifies that rural water supply petitions have been pending for two months.
To compare the provided case against the established rule.
3
Evaluate Conclusion I
Conclusion I is logically valid.
Since 'two months' (approx. 60 days) is strictly greater than the 45-day threshold, the petitions satisfy the condition in Statement I and must be escalated.
4
Evaluate Conclusion II
Conclusion II is logically invalid.
The statements only discuss delays in one department. There is no comparative data to deduce that it is the 'most inefficient' department overall.

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Statement and Conclusions or Inferences
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