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Read the following statement carefully and identify the conclusion that follows.

Statement: The education ministry has made moral education compulsory in schools.

Conclusions:

I. Students must attend moral education classes.

Il. Schools were not offering moral education earlier.

AOnly Conclusion I follows

BOnly Conclusion Il follows

CBoth I and ll follow

DNeither I nor Il follows

Answer:

A. Only Conclusion I follows

Read Explanation:

Let's evaluate each conclusion based only on the given statement.

Statement:

The education ministry has made moral education compulsory in schools.

Conclusion I:

"Students must attend moral education classes."
Follows.
If moral education is compulsory in schools, students are required to participate in it.

Conclusion II:

"Schools were not offering moral education earlier."
Does not follow.
The statement does not say that moral education was absent before. Some or many schools may already have been offering it voluntarily. Making it compulsory does not imply it was previously unavailable.

Answer:

Only Conclusion I follows.


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