Multiple choice

Directions: The given passage is followed by two 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 and decide upon its degree of truth or falsity.

It is a miracle that Pakistan has agreed to sign a treaty with India regarding the Kashmir problem. It can be signed any day now. Inferences: I. Earlier it was not possible to sign the treaty regarding the Kashmir problem. II. The treaty was not signed between India and Pakistan when the above statement was made.

  1. If only inference I follows

  2. If only inference II follows

  3. If neither inference I nor II follows

  4. If both inferences follow

  5. If either one, but not both, follows
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B Correct answer
Explanation

Both the statements are definitive, but only II can be deduced from the otherwise indeterminate assertion.

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