101. Statements: The Minister questioned the utility of the space research programme and suggested its replacement by other areas of felt national needs. Conclusions: Exploring the space does not contribute to critical national needs. Research should be oriented to national needs.
102. Statements: The secret of success is constancy of purpose. Conclusions: Constant dripping wears the stone. Single-minded devotion is necessary for achieving success.
103. Statements: Leaders, who raise much hue and cry about the use of Hindi, generally send their children to English medium schools. Conclusions: India lacks good Hindi medium schools. There is a world of difference between preaching and practising.
104. Statements: Any young man, who makes dowry as a condition for marriage, discredits himself and dishonours womanhood. Conclusions: Those who take dowry in marriage should be condemned by society. Those who do not take dowry in marriage respect womanhood.
105. Statements: The 'Official Secrets Act' (OSA) enacted by the ABC government during the war seems to be one of the major source of corruption in the country X. Conclusions: The OSA has to be abolished immediately to put an end to the corruption in the country X. The ABC government had an intention of encouraging corruption in the government offices.
106. Statements: In India, more emphasis should be placed on areas such as agriculture, engineering and technology instead of basic and pure sciences. Conclusions: India has achieved sufficient progress in basic and pure sciences. In the past, the productivity factor in our economy was neglected.
107. Statements: If all players play to their full potential, we will win the match. We have won the match. Conclusions: All players played to their full potential. Some players did not play to their full potential.
108. Statements: The Bank of England's move to auction 25 metric tons of gold drew plenty of bidders looking for a bargain, but was criticised by major gold producers worldwide. Conclusions: The Bank of England should not auction gold which it possesses to keep steady international prices of gold. Bidders should quote higher gold prices to retain present value of gold in the international markets.
109. Statements: Good voice is a natural gift but one has to keep practising to improve and excel well in the field of music. Conclusions: Natural gifts need nurturing and care. Even though your voice is not good, one can keep practising.
110. Statements: Adversity makes a man wise. Conclusions: The poor are wise. Man learns from bitter experience.
111. Statements: The interview panel may select a candidate who neither possesses the desired qualifications nor the values and attributes. Conclusions: The inclusion of specialists on the interview panel does not guarantee that the selection will be proper. The interview test has certain limitations in the matter of selection of candidates.
112. Statements: The President of XYZ Party indicated that 25 independent Members of Legislative Assembly (MLA) are seriously considering various options of joining some political party. But in any case all of them collectively will join one party only. Conclusions: The 25 independent MLAs will join XYZ party in a short period of time. The 25 independent MLAs will join some other political party in a short period of time.
113. Statements: I know nothing except the fact of my ignorance. Conclusions: Writer's knowledge is very poor. The world of knowledge is too vast to be explored by a single person.
114. Statements: Company X has a record of manufacturing cameras of quality and the latest design so that you do not spoil even a single shot irrespective of the weather conditions. Conclusions: No other company except X is reputed in the camera industry. Anyone can take an acceptable shot with camera X.
115. Statements: India's economy is depending mainly on forests. Conclusions: Trees should be preserved to improve Indian economy. India wants only maintenance of forests to improve economic conditions.
116. Statements: In a one day cricket match, the total runs made by a team were 200. Out of these 160 runs were made by spinners. Conclusions: 80% of the team consists of spinners. The opening batsmen were spinners.
117. Statements: The old order changed yielding place to new. Conclusions: Change is the law of nature. Discard old ideas because they are old.
118. Statements: Government has spoiled many top ranking financial institutions by appointing bureaucrats as Directors of these institutions. Conclusions: Government should appoint Directors of the financial institutes taking into consideration the expertise of the person in the area of finance. The Director of the financial institute should have expertise commensurate with the financial work carried out by the institute.
119. Statements: Population increase coupled with depleting resources is going to be the scenario of many developing countries in days to come. Conclusions: The population of developing countries will not continue to increase in future. It will be very difficult for the governments of developing countries to provide its people decent quality of life.
120. Statements: Prime age school-going children in urban India have now become avid as well as more regular viewers of television, even in households without a TV. As a result there has been an alarming decline in the extent of readership of newspapers. Conclusions: Method of increasing the readership of newspapers should be devised. A team of experts should be sent to other countries to study the impact of TV. on the readership of newspapers.