Statement: The manager humiliated Sachin in the presence of his colleagues.…

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Statement: The manager humiliated Sachin in the presence of his colleagues.

Conclusions:

I. The manager did not like Sachin.

II. Sachin was not popular with his colleagues.

  1. A.

    Only conclusion I follows

  2. B.

    Only conclusion II follows

  3. C.

    Either I or II follows

  4. D.

    Neither I nor II follows

Show answer & explanation

Correct answer: D

Concept: In statement-and-conclusion reasoning, a conclusion is valid only if it must necessarily be true given the statement alone — without importing any assumption, generalisation, or outside knowledge that the statement itself does not state.

  • Conclusion I (the manager did not like Sachin): humiliating someone in front of colleagues shows the manager's action, not the reason behind it — it could equally stem from Sachin's negligence or a mistake rather than personal dislike. Since the statement gives no basis to fix the manager's underlying feeling, this conclusion does not necessarily follow.

  • Conclusion II (Sachin was not popular with his colleagues): the statement only describes an action by the manager toward Sachin; it says nothing about how Sachin's colleagues regard him. Popularity among colleagues cannot be inferred from a single manager's action, so this conclusion does not necessarily follow either.

Cross-check: Since neither conclusion is the necessary logical consequence of the statement even when tested independently, and the two conclusions concern unrelated facts (the manager's private feeling vs Sachin's standing with colleagues) rather than being complementary alternatives, the either/or pattern does not apply here.

Neither I nor II follows from the statement.

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