GATE CS 2025 Set 2 Q.6: Reading Comprehension and Verbal Deduction

Based only on the conversation below, identify the logically correct inference:

"Even if I had known that you were in the hospital, I would not have gone there to see you", Ramya told Josephine.

Ramya knew that Josephine was in the hospital.

Ramya did not know that Josephine was in the hospital.

Ramya and Josephine were once close friends; but now, they are not.

Josephine was in the hospital due to an injury to her leg.

Official answer and solution

Official answer: B
From: Official GATE 2025 answer key

Solution

Analyze the presupposition of the past counterfactual conditional 'Even if I had known...'.

The clause 'Even if I had known that you were in the hospital...' uses the past perfect subjunctive (third conditional), which states a counterfactual hypothesis about the past. It logically implies that in reality, Ramya did not know that Josephine was in the hospital. Options (C) and (D) introduce external assumptions not stated in the sentence.

Final answer

Option (B)

The answer is the one in the official GATE answer key. The solution is this site's own explanation.

Source

Paper: GATE 2025 Computer Science and Information Technology - Session 2 (CS2)
Question: 6 of 65
Section: General Aptitude

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