Direction: In each question below is given a statement followed by two conclusions numbered I and II. You have to assume everything in the statement to be true, then consider the two conclusions together and decide which of them logically follows beyond a reasonable doubt from the information given in the statement. Give answer
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Statement:
The Union finance minister in his latest budget speech declared that expenditure growth will be curbed and structural changes in the composition of expenditure brought about.
Conclusions :
I. Expenditure has begun to take its toll on India's growth .
II. More than the amount of expenditure, it is its composition that has affected the country's growth.
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- if only conclusion I follows
- if only conclusion II follows
- if either I or II follows
- if neither I nor II follows, and
- if both I and II follow
Correct Option: A
I follows. That is why the finance minister has felt the urgency to cub expenditure. But the comparison in II has no basis.