Below are given passages followed by several possible inferences which can be…
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Below are given passages followed by several possible inferences which can be drawn from the facts stated in the passage. You have to examine each inference separately in context of the passage and decide upon its degree of truth or falsity and mark the correct answer.
Fourteen new models in the next 15 months. And all of them are bringing in spanking new releases—not ageing models that are being discontinued in western markets. While no manufacturer wants to give away details about exactly which variant within each model it plans to launch, the price it will charge, and when exactly the models will be launched.
Inference : Customers prefer cheap cars.
- A.
if the inference is "definitely true" i.e. it properly follows from the statement of facts given.
- B.
if the inference is "probably true" though not "definitely true" in the light of the facts given.
- C.
if the data are inadequate i.e. from the facts given you cannot say whether the inference is likely to be true or false.
- D.
if the inference is "probably false" though not "definitely false" in the light of the facts given.
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Correct answer: C
Explanation:
In Statement-and-Inference questions, judge how strongly a given inference follows from the stated facts alone: an inference is "definitely true" only if it necessarily follows; "probably true" if the facts lean toward it without making it certain; "probably false" if the facts lean against it without ruling it out entirely; and "data inadequate" whenever the passage never addresses the subject of the inference at all, leaving nothing to weigh in either direction.
This passage only states how many new car models are launching, that all are fresh releases, and that manufacturers are withholding variant, price, and launch-date details — it never mentions what customers want with regard to price. Since the inference is entirely about customer price preference, and the passage never touches that subject, its degree of truth cannot be judged from the given facts.
Calling it true in any degree would need the passage to at least gesture toward customers wanting low-priced cars — for instance, a mention of a budget segment or price-sensitive buyers — which is absent here.
Calling it false in any degree would need the opposite hint — some indication that customers favour costlier or feature-rich cars over cheap ones — which is equally absent.
The passage's silence on customer preference altogether, rather than a hint in either direction, is exactly what makes the data inadequate to judge this inference.
Hence, the data given in the passage are inadequate to determine whether the inference holds.