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A statement is given followed by two arguments I and II. Read the statement and the arguments carefully and select the appropriate answer from the given options.

Statement:

Apartment complexes have decided to charge a heavy penalty on residents who do not segregate their dry waste and wet waste.

Arguments:

I. The government has mandated segregation of wet waste and dry waste by all homeowners.

II. All apartments have been provided with separate bins for dry waste and wet waste to facilitate garbage segregation.

ABoth arguments I and II strengthen the statement

BBoth arguments I and II weaken the statement

CArgument II weakens, while argument I strengthens the statement

DArgument I weakens, while argument II strengthens the statement

Answer:

A. Both arguments I and II strengthen the statement

Read Explanation:

Both arguments I and II strengthen the statement


Related Questions:

Read the following information carefully and answer the question given below.

Seven members L, H, K, T, F, J and R represent different countries in Olympics, USA, China, Korea, France, Russia, Australia and Japan; each one competes for a different sport, viz. volleyball, archery, rifle shooting, tennis, boxing, athletics and football. The order of persons, countries and games is not necessarily the same.

K represents China for archery. T represents USA but not for volleyball or rifle shooting. One who represents Japan competes for boxing. F competes for volleyball but not Korea. L represents Australia for athletics. The one who represents Russia competes for tennis. J does not represent Korea or Japan. R competes for rifle shooting.

Which of the following combinations of member, sport and country are CORRECTLY matched?

A statement is given followed by two assumptions numbered I and II. You have to assume everything in the statement to be true and decide which of the given assumptions is/are implicit in the statement.

Statement:

Due to the failure of the main grid, power supply to many parts of the city was affected.

Assumptions:

I. The main grid is responsible for transmission of power to different parts of the city.

II. Most people have backup power installations at their homes to manage during times when power supply is disrupted.

The following chart shows the numbers of insurance policies sold by five salespersons named P, Q, R, S, and T. What is the percentage share of insurance policies sold by Q in the total insurance policies sold by all five salespersons?

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This question is based on the five, three-digit numbers given below.

(Left) 271 145 432 372 457 (Right)

(Example- 697 – First digit = 6, second digit = 9 and third digit = 7) (NOTE: All operations to be done from left to right.)

If all the numbers are arranged in descending order, the position(s) of how many numbers will remain unchanged?

How many such pairs of letters are there in the word DAUGHTER (in both forward and backward directions) that have as many letters between them in the word as there are in the English alphabetical order?