Identify the correct option regarding the statement and conclusions given below:
Statement: In the rural assembly elections, the ballot box method was used for voting. After the results came out, it came into light that only of the women in the village voted in the elections.
Conclusions: I. Women didn't know about the date of the elections.
II. Only those were registered and had a valid voting ID card.
- AOnly conclusion II follows
- BOnly conclusion I follows
- CNeither conclusion I nor II follows
- DEither conclusion I or II follows
Solution & Step-by-step Explanation
The statement simply states a statistical fact: only of the women in the village cast their votes using the ballot box method.
* Conclusion I attributes this low turnout to a complete lack of awareness about the election date. This is an assumption; there could be many other reasons (lack of interest, household work, social factors, etc.). Hence, it does not definitely follow.
* Conclusion II assumes that only those of women possessed valid voter cards. This is also a pure speculation not backed by the text. Many registered voters choose not to vote.
Since neither conclusion can be logically derived with certainty from the provided statement, neither conclusion follows.
* Conclusion I attributes this low turnout to a complete lack of awareness about the election date. This is an assumption; there could be many other reasons (lack of interest, household work, social factors, etc.). Hence, it does not definitely follow.
* Conclusion II assumes that only those of women possessed valid voter cards. This is also a pure speculation not backed by the text. Many registered voters choose not to vote.
Since neither conclusion can be logically derived with certainty from the provided statement, neither conclusion follows.