CLAT 2012 Solved Paper (Part 16 of 27)

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Instructions: The following questions comprise of one or more statements. Answer the questions on the basis of the given statement (s) . Accept the factual assumptions required by the question, even if you believe that the statement is false.

  1. Statements:
    1. Cheese is bad for people with high-cholesterol.
    2. Sumeet does not eat cheese.
    • Assuming that 1 & 2 are true, which of the following statement follows?
      1. Sumeet has high-cholesterol.
      2. Cheese is bad for Sumeet.
      3. People with high-Cholesterol do not eat cheese.
      4. None of the above:
      • Answer: c
  2. Statement: Democrats are secularists. Which of the following statements, if true, would show that the above statement is false?
    1. My father is a secularist but he is not a democrat.
    2. My father is a democrat but he is not secularist.
    3. My father is a democrat and he is secularist.
    4. My father is neither a democrat nor a secularist.
    • Answer: b
  3. Statement: “Where there is a cloud, there is a rain.” Which of the following statements, if true, would show that the above statement is false?
    1. Sometimes there is cloud, but there is no rain.
    2. Sometimes there is rain, but there is no cloud.
    3. There is no rain where there is no cloud.
    4. None of the above:
  • Answer: a