Introduction : 

The statement and conclusion section is a part of logical and analytical reasoning, which is frequently asked in all government exams, especially in banking sector exams. Statement and conclusion questions is a set of statement followed by conclusions. The general idea to solve such questions is just to understand the theme of the statement and the context in which the conclusions are made. Candidates need to select the most suitable choice matching with the question. Making unnecessary assumptions while solving the statement and conclusion questions is the prime mistake done by the aspirants seeking to get the selection.

Statement & conclusion questions are all about the understanding of the statement and connectivity with the conclusion. The statement is a collection of words needed to construct a meaningful sentence. The question having the statement can have one or two or more than two conclusions, therefore this requires some tricks and logical thinking for the solution of the statement. 

 

Following is the figure explaining the statement and conclusion questions :
 

• The above diagram shows the keywords which can decide the theme of the statement and are called deciders in the conclusion. 

• The options break requires a lot of research and thought process, therefore it is beneficial to be very cautious while answering the questions.

 

• Reading and understanding must be up to the mark.

 

Types of Statement and Conclusion Based Question :

Based on the statements and conclusions there are different sets of questions formed :

1) Action-based:

A motive behind an action defines these types of statements and the conclusion is also based on the motives.

Example:

Statement: The bank used abusive language for getting their bills paid from the customer.

Conclusion I: The customer has not paid the bills on the due date.

Conclusion II: The bank personnel can also talk politely.

Here, abusive language is the action and the motive is to make the customer pay back the bill on time but answer politely.

 

2) Cause-Effect:

The cause and effect questions predefine the statements. When an action leads to an effect then statement-based questions are cause and effect-based questions. These are a little easier to determine but then also require some tricks discussed in the next section. 

 

Example: 

Statement: India lost their recent WTC encounter with England due to their poor bowling.

Conclusion: It has led to moving the team to the fifth position and might not get a chance to play the finals of WTC.

Here, the cause of loss is the poor bowling, the effect is the position where the team slipped.

 

3) Keywords based:

We have already discussed the keywords-based statement and conclusion questions which leads to specific requirements of the question. The keywords are shown in the figure above and that leads to some special questions which are identified based on quality and quantity.

Example:

Statement: India is the second largest producer of mica in the world.

Conclusion: India exports maximum mica to Arabian countries.

Here the keyword in the question is the largest and mica therefore based on that we can answer where it leads in the market in terms of export.

 

Tips and Tricks to solve statement & Conclusion based questions :

Tip 1. The first trick is there to look after the keywords/hidden words within the question which are known as qualifiers of the statement.

Tip 2. There are two qualifiers apart from keywords Definitely and probably based on true and false. Therefore in questions, we have to see what is 

the conclusion required within the set of questions.

Examples 1.

Statement

India is a country of various castes and creeds.

Conclusion:

1) All castes people should adapt to multiple cultures.

2) All over the world people are of different castes and creeds.

The statement says that India is a country of various castes and creeds while the conclusion says it can adapt to multiple cultures both are different statements while the next statement is definitely not true as its talking about the whole world..

Example 2.

Statement : 

The demand for CNG vehicles is increasing day by day as compared to the production of CNG.

Conclusion:

1) Government has increased the number of plants for CNG production.

2) The price of CNG is increasing day by day due to the increasing demand.

Both the statements clearly qualify for the conclusion based therefore it clears the concept and the tricks.