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Railways PYQCBT 1 2016

RRB NTPC · Question 19

Below are given statements followed by some conclusions. You have to take the given statements to be true even if they seem to be variance with the commonly known facts and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follow(s) from the given statements. Statement: Domestic demand has been increasing faster than the production of indigenous crude oil. Conclusions: I. Crude oil must be imported. II. Domestic demand must be reduced. A. Only conclusion I follows B. Only conclusion II follows C. Neither I nor II follows D. Both I and II follow

  1. D

  2. A

  3. B

  4. C

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Answer: (D) C

Explanation

The statement only says domestic demand is growing faster than domestic crude production. It does not say oil 'must' be imported, nor that demand 'must' be reduced; the gap could be met in other ways (alternative fuels, efficiency). Neither conclusion is a definite inference.