Below is given a passage followed by several possible inferences which can be…
2025
Below is given a passage followed by several possible inferences which can be drawn from the facts stated in the passage. You have to examine each inference separately in the context of the passage, decide upon its degree of truth or falsity and choose your answer accordingly from amongst the alternatives provided thereafter. (Q. No. 94 to 96)
Wind is an inexhaustible source of energy and an aerogenerator can convert it into electricity. Though not much has so far been done in this field, the survey shows that there is a vast potential for developing wind as an alternative source of energy. On this basis, U.P.’s hilly areas have been found to be an ideal place for setting up aerogenerators. In U.P. hills alone, as many as 56 sites have been identified.
Inference to examine: The survey was conducted by the Government of U.P. (Choose the most appropriate option from below)
- A.
Probably true
- B.
Probably false
- C.
Definitely true
- D.
Definitely false
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Correct answer: A
In a Statement-and-Inference reasoning question, each inference is judged strictly against the facts stated in the passage, never against outside information. An inference is Definitely True only when it is directly stated or is an unavoidable logical consequence of the passage; Probably True when the stated facts make it more likely than not without confirming it outright; Probably False when the stated facts make it less likely than not without ruling it out; and Definitely False when it contradicts a fact stated in the passage.
The passage reports that a wind survey found vast potential for wind energy and that, on this basis, U.P.'s hilly areas — with 56 specific sites — were identified as ideal for aerogenerators. The passage never names the body that carried out the survey. The finding is presented as regional energy planning: sites are counted specifically for U.P., which is the kind of exercise a state typically initiates or sponsors for its own territory. No other agency — a private company, a central body, or otherwise — is mentioned as the source of the survey.
Definitely true would require the passage to name the surveying agency outright; it does not, so certainty is not available.
Probably false or Definitely false would require the passage to point to a different agency, or to otherwise work against government involvement; nothing in the passage does either.
So the U.P.-specific framing of the finding supports, without confirming, involvement of the Government of U.P. — making the inference Probably true.