Given below are two statements followed by some conclusions. You have to take…

In statement-and-conclusion reasoning, a conclusion follows ONLY when it can be logically derived from the given statements alone, taking them as true regardless of real-world knowledge. A conclusion that introduces any fact, direction, or comparison not stated or clearly implied in the statements does not follow — even if it sounds reasonable. When the statements are silent on a particular fact, no conclusion can be drawn about that fact in either direction.

Statement:

1. The best evidence of India's glorious past is the growing popularity of Yoga in the West.

2. Yoga helps us to stay fit and healthy.

Applying this to the two conclusions:

• Conclusion I says Yoga is currently NOT very popular in India. Statement 1 talks about Yoga's popularity in the West, and statement 2 talks about its health benefits — neither says anything about Yoga's current status in India, so this conclusion cannot be derived.

• Conclusion II says Yoga is currently VERY popular in India. The same two statements again say nothing about Yoga's current popularity within India, so this conclusion cannot be derived either.

Cross-check: Conclusion I and Conclusion II are opposite claims about the same fact (India's current popularity), so at most one of them could ever follow together — but here, since the statements give no information about India's current popularity at all, neither one is supported.

Hence, the correct answer is "Neither I nor II follows."

Important Points

Do not rely on real-world/general knowledge while solving Statement-Conclusion questions. Only the information explicitly given in the statement(s) can be used to judge a conclusion — no outside assumptions are allowed.