CAT 2006 — VARC Question 3
Each of the questions below has a set of sequentially ordered statements. Each statement can be classified as one of the following:
A. Facts, which deal with the pieces of information that one has heard, seen or read, and which are open to discovery or verification (the answer option indicates such a statement with an ‘F’)
B. Inferences, which are conclusions drawn about the unknown, on the basis of the known (the answer option indicates such a statement with an ‘I’)
C. Judgements, which are opinions that imply approval or disapproval of persons, objects, situations and occurrences in the past, the present or the future (the answer option indicates such a statement with a ‘J’)
Select the answer option that best describes the set of statements.
- According to all statistical indications, the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan has managed to keep pace with its ambitious goals.
- The Mid- day Meal Scheme has been a significant incentive for the poor to send their little ones to school, thus establishing the vital link between healthy bodies and healthy minds.
- Only about 13 million children in the age group of 6 to 14 years are out of school.
- The goal of universalisation of elementary education has to be a pre-requisite for the evolution and development of our country.
Answer & solution
- A
IIFJ
- B
JIIJ
IJFJ
- D
IJFI
- E
JIFI
Statement 1 is an inference. “According to statistical indications ….” tells us that what follows is based on statistics, hence an inference. This eliminates options 2 and 5.
In statement 2 (to be evaluated as Judgement or Inference), though ‘significant incentive’ may be inferred by checking with available data, ‘the vital link between healthy bodies and healthy minds’ cannot be investigated for data – medical or otherwise. Hence, it is a judgement.
Options 3 and 4 remain. The options state that sentence 3 is fact.
Sentence 4 needs to be evaluated as either an inference or a judgement. “… has to be a prerequisite for the evolution….” cannot be verified from facts making sentence 4 a judgement.
Hence, the correct answer is option 3.