Question
Indian currency notes show the denomination indicated in at least seventeen languages. If this is not an indication of the nation's diversity, nothing else is.
Which of the following can be logically inferred from the above sentences?
Official answer and solution
- Official answer
- D
- From
- Official GATE 2016 answer key
Solution
Determine the logically necessary conclusion supported by the premise about currency notes.
Analyze the passage: 'Indian currency notes show the denomination indicated in at least seventeen languages. If this is not an indication of the nation's diversity, nothing else is.'
The rhetorical assertion 'If this is not an indication of the nation's diversity, nothing else is' emphasizes that the presence of multiple languages (linguistic pluralism) on currency notes serves as compelling and undeniable evidence of India's diversity.
Evaluate the options:
- Option A claims India has 'exactly seventeen languages', which contradicts 'at least seventeen'.
- Option B claims linguistic pluralism is the 'only indicator', which is an overstatement not asserted by the text.
- Option C makes an unsupported physical claim about space on banknotes.
- Option D directly captures the deduction that linguistic pluralism serves as strong evidence of national diversity.
D
Confusing an emphatic expression highlighting a prime example with an exclusive claim that no other indicator exists.
The answer is the one in the official GATE answer key. The solution is this site's own explanation.
Source
- Paper
- GATE 2016 Computer Science and Information Technology (CS) Session 1
- Question
- 7 of 65, printed as GA Q.7
- Section
- General Aptitude
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