Consider the following statement to be true even if it seems to be at variance from commonly known facts, and decide which of the conclusions logically follows from the statement.
Statement: The principal of the school punished all the students of class X.
Conclusions:
I: The students are guilty of coming late to school.
II: The principal hates the students.
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Correct answer: D
Explanation
The correct answer is option 4, i.e., Neither conclusion I nor II follows.
Conclusions:
I: Students are guilty of coming late to school. → Does not follow (It is not stated in the statement that the students came late. It is just an inference, not a logical conclusion.)
II: The principal hates students → Does not follow (This is also not stated in the statement. It is an emotional or biased interpretation, not a conclusion.)