Examine the following statements : I watch TV only if I am bored. I am never bored when I have my brothers company. Whenever I go to the theatre, I take my brother along. Which one of the following conclusions is valid in the context of the above statemen

examrobotsa's picture

Submitted by examrobotsa on

Q: 133 (IAS/1995)
Examine the following statements : I watch TV only if I am bored. I am never bored when I have my brother’s company. Whenever I go to the theatre, I take my brother along.
Which one of the following conclusions is valid in the context of the above statements ?

question_subject: 

Logic/Reasoning

question_exam: 

IAS

stats: 

0,9,17,10,2,5,9

keywords: 

{'tv': [0, 2, 0, 1], 'conclusions': [0, 2, 1, 2], 'theatre': [0, 1, 2, 1], 'brother': [0, 2, 2, 2]}

The question provides three statements and then asks about the correct conclusion drawn from those statements.

Option 1: "If I am bored, I watch TV". This option is not necessarily concluded from the given statements, because the first statement implies that boredom is a condition for watching TV, but there could be other conditions as well.

Option 2: "If I am bored, I seek my brother’s company". This is not correct because the given statements do not suggest that the narrator seeks his brother`s company when he`s bored.

Option 3: "If I am not with my brother, then I watch TV". This is also false since the statements don`t tell us whether the narrator watches TV when not with his brother.

Option 4: "If I am not bored, I do not watch TV". This is the correct conclusion as per the first statement: "I watch TV only if I am bored". It establishes that the condition for watching TV is being bored. If this condition isn`t met(i.e., he is not bored), then he doesn`t watch TV.