SSC CGL 2025 Tier-I · 19 September 2025, Shift 1 · General Intelligence and Reasoning · Question 4 of 100

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Consider the following statement and choose the option that follows. Statement: A large number of city dwellers are subscribing to organic vegetable delivery services. Conclusion I. People are becoming more health conscious. Conclusion II. Supermarkets are no longer preferred.

(a)Only I follows
(b)Only II follows
(c)Both follows
(d)Neither follows

Answer

Why

Correct — A.
Rule: accept the reasonable inference, reject the sweeping claim.

I: choosing organic vegetables is a health choice, so many city dwellers subscribing points to growing health consciousness. The key accepts I.

II: supermarkets no longer preferred goes far beyond the statement, which never mentions supermarkets. Subscribers may still shop there. Does not follow.

Only I follows → option (a).

Why the others are wrong

(b)
Only II follows — Supermarkets never appear in the statement. Subscribing to a delivery service does not show that people have stopped preferring supermarkets; they may use both.
(c)
Both follows — Both follows, as the option is printed, needs II too, and no longer preferred is a sweeping claim the statement gives no evidence for.
(d)
Neither follows — Neither follows rejects I, but a large number choosing organic produce is the natural sign of health consciousness, the inference the key accepts.

Concept

A conclusion follows when it is the natural reading of the statement, not when it is merely possible. It fails when it goes beyond the statement, above all with an absolute such as no longer.

Conclusion I explains the choice the statement describes: organic food is bought for health. Conclusion II jumps to a rival, supermarkets, and declares it abandoned. A rise in deliveries does not show a fall in supermarket shopping.

Strictly, people may subscribe for taste or convenience, so I is an inference, not a certainty. The key accepts it as the reasonable reading, while II has no support in the statement at all.

Key facts

A conclusion must stay within what the statement says or plainly implies.
A rise in one choice does not show a fall in its rival: people can use both.
Absolutes such as no longer, all and never need equally strong support in the statement.

Study next

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Common traps

Accepting II because home delivery and supermarkets feel like opposites
Rejecting I because the statement does not state the subscribers' motive

17 Sep 2025, 16:00, Reasoning Q.12 is built the same way: rising library attendance gives I, people regaining interest in reading, while II, digital platforms less popular, assumes a rival lost out (keyed Only Conclusion I).

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