Given below is a statement followed by 2 inferences. Choose the inference that can be inferred from the given statement by selecting the right option.
Statement: Out of 400 students who have appeared for an exam, a total of 40% students have passed out of which 100 are girls.
Inference:
I. Number of boys who passed the exam is less than the number of girls who passed the exam.
II. The number of girls who appeared in the exam is more than the number of boys who appeared in the exam.
Statement: Out of 400 students who have appeared for an exam, a total of 40% students have passed out of which 100 are girls.
Inference:
I. Number of boys who passed the exam is less than the number of girls who passed the exam.
II. The number of girls who appeared in the exam is more than the number of boys who appeared in the exam.
- Only inference I follows
- Only inference II follows
- Both inferences I and II follow
- Neither inference I nor inference II follows
The Correct Option is A
Solution and Explanation
Jeevan follows a pattern of going to the fish market every alternate day.
He went to the market day before yesterday.
If today is Day X, then day before yesterday was Day X-2.
Since he visits the market every alternate day, he must have gone on Day X (today).
The next scheduled visit will be Day X + 2, meaning Jeevan will not go tomorrow (Day X + 1).
Conclusion: Therefore, the given inference is true (Option A).
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