Consider the given statements to be true and decide which of the given conclusions/assumptions can definitely be drawn from the given statements: Statements: Pakistan is a multilingual country. Urdu is the national language of Pakistan. Conclusions: I. All Pakistanis should learn many languages. II. To be a Pakistani one needs to learn Urdu.
Correct answer: D. Neither Conclusion 1 nor Conclusion 2 is followed
- A. Only Conclusion 1 is followed
- B. Only Conclusion 2 is followed
- C. Both Conclusion 1 & 2 are followed
- D. Neither Conclusion 1 nor Conclusion 2 is followed
- E. Either Conclusion 1 or Conclusion 2 is followed
Explanation
Clearly, both I and II do not follow from the given statement.
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