Statement: Hard work is often praised as the key to achieving goals, and many successful people credit their accomplishments to persistent effort.
Conclusion I: Hard work always guarantees success.
Conclusion II: Many successful people believe that hard work contributed to their achievements.
Which conclusion follows?
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Correct answer: B
Explanation
Analysis of Conclusions:
• Conclusion I: Does not follow. The statement mentions that hard work is often praised as the key to success, but it does not claim that hard work always guarantees success. Extreme words like 'always' make it invalid based solely on the given statement.
• Conclusion II: Follows. The statement explicitly states that "many successful people credit their accomplishments to persistent effort", which means they believe hard work contributed to their achievements.
Therefore, only conclusion II follows.