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Doubt Clarification

by akash singhal » Mon Oct 19, 2015 12:27 am
Either Perry's faction or Tucker's faction, but not both, will win control of the government.
If Perry's faction wins, the nation will suffer economically. If Tucker's faction wins, the
nation will suffer militarily.


Given the statements in the passage, which one of the following statements
must be true?


(A) It is possible, but not certain, that the nation will neither suffer economically nor suffer
militarily.
(B) If the nation suffers economically, it is certain that Perry's faction has won control of
the government.
(C) It is certain that the nation will suffer either economically or militarily, and also certain
that it will not suffer both.
(D) If the nation suffers militarily, it is possible, but not certain, that Tucker's faction has
won control of the government.
(E) If the nation suffers both economically and militarily, it is certain that neither Perry's
faction nor Tucker's has won control of the government.


OE D
What kind of question is this?
Do any1 has any more examples of such sort?
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by DavidG@VeritasPrep » Mon Oct 19, 2015 6:13 am
This is an inference question involving the logic of 'If-Then' statements. Here's another example: https://www.beatthegmat.com/tricky-infer ... 71146.html
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