Read the following statement carefully and identify the conclusion that follows. Statement: India imports large quantities of crude oil every year. Conclusions: I. India is not self-sufficient in oil production. II. All oil consumed in India is imported.

Correct — A.
Rule: a conclusion follows only if the statement supports it; absolute words need absolute support.

I: a country that imports large quantities of crude oil every year does not produce all it needs. Follows.

II: All oil consumed in India being imported is an absolute claim. Large quantities is not all, and the statement says nothing about oil produced at home. Does not follow.

Only Conclusion I follows → option (a).

Why the others are wrong

• (b)
  Only Conclusion II follows — Only II keeps the conclusion that goes too far. Large quantities is not the same as all, so the statement does not support II.
• (c)
  Both I and II follow — Both would need II too, and all oil being imported is far stronger than anything the statement says.
• (d)
  Neither I nor II follows — Neither throws away I. Importing large quantities every year is what a country short of its own oil does, the inference the key accepts.

Statement-conclusion items reward reading exactly as much as the statement says. Conclusion I draws the plain implication of steady, large imports: home production falls short of need.

Conclusion II upgrades large quantities to all. Quantity words such as all, none, always and only need a statement just as strong, and this one does not give it.

Key facts

• A conclusion must stay within what the statement says or plainly implies.
• Large quantities does not mean all: a quantity word in a conclusion must match the statement's.
• Decide from the statement, not from outside knowledge.

Common traps

• Accepting II because large quantities sounds close to all
• Rejecting I because the statement never uses the words self-sufficient

No directly related past PYQ was found.