Multiple choice

Directions: In the question below, a set of four statements is given, followed by some answer options to categorize these statements as facts, inferences and judgments. Consider the statements and decide which of the choices is true.

F: Fact: If it relates to a known matter of direct observation, or an existing reality or something known to be true. J: Judgment: If it is an opinion or estimate or anticipation of common sense or intention. I: Inference: If it is a logical conclusion or deduction about something, based on the knowledge of facts.

  1. The midnight air raid by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Elam targetting Sri Lanka Air Force poses a new challenge in the fight against terrorism as it exposes the defence preparedness of Colombo when it is engaged in an intensive campaign against the guerilla strike capabilities of the LTTE.
  2. It is ludicrous to affirm that the two LTTE bomber planes could not be traced by the poor radar system. The Sri Lankan Defence Secretary must be sacked for dereliction of duty, but no one has so far owned the security breach.
  3. General Ban Ki-Moon, UN Secretary General, regretted the air raids, military confrontations, and suicide bombings prompting massive displacement of civilians, and believed that only a negotiated settlement between the government and the LTTE is the solution.
  4. Human rights violations are a daily occurrence in Sri Lanka. Civil Society is cowed and silenced by abductions and disappearances going on unchecked, the population suffering death and starvation.

  1. IJFF

  2. JJII

  3. IFJF

  4. FIJF

  5. FJFF

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A Correct answer
Explanation

Statement 1 is an inference, based on facts about the midnight air raid of LTTE. Statement 2 is based on judgment. Statement 3 is a fact, being the statement of the Secretary General of UNO. Statement 4 is also based on facts about massive displacement of civilians who are suffering death and starvation.