Question:
Statement: Sick people need medicine.
Conclusions:
I. Healthy people do not need medicine.
II. People keep medicine in their home.
Statement: Sick people need medicine.
Conclusions:
I. Healthy people do not need medicine.
II. People keep medicine in their home.
Conclusions:
I. Healthy people do not need medicine.
II. People keep medicine in their home.
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Only draw conclusions directly supported by the statement; avoid making assumptions.
Updated On: Apr 22, 2025
- If only conclusion I follows
- If only conclusion II follows
- If neither conclusion I nor II follows
- If both conclusions I and II follow
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The Correct Option is A
Solution and Explanation
The statement only asserts that sick people need medicine. From this, we can infer that healthy people don’t need medicine (Conclusion I), but nothing is mentioned about whether people keep medicine at home (Conclusion II).
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