The Pakistani Army and other establishments are rallying behind a controversial dam project on the I...........

Logical Reasoning(SBI-PO) Statement - Conclusions

The Pakistani Army and other establishments are rallying behind a controversial dam project on the Indus River in disputed territory that has taken on new wind after India's frustration on attempts by Islamabad to get international funding for years. The issue is set to snowball into a controversy with India opposing the project as it falls in Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (PoK). Potential water wars between the two nations are a reality, with tensions flaring up after the 2016 Uri attack that left 19 soldiers dead. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been vocal on water-sharing pacts between the nations and had famously told a review meeting of the Indus Waters Treaty in 2016 after the Uri attack that ‘rakt aur paani ek saath nahin beh sakta’ (blood and water cannot flow together). Which of the following is a logical corollary of the statement above?

Several government controlled institutions have made similar pledges, while appeals are also being made to overseas Pakistanis to donate money for the dam.

Pakistan has been trying unsuccessfully for years to raise funds from the World Bank and Asian Development Bank but facing frustration after the bodies stated that it was on disputed territory.

A more recent attempt to bring it under the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) also did not go through after Beijing put up an ownership rights clause on the mega project.

Officers of the Pakistani armed forces are donating two days’ pay while soldiers have been mandated to donate one day’s pay for the project that is being touted as the solution to its water scarcity problems.

None can be deduced.

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Explanation:

Ans. 5. The correct answer is option 5, i.e. None can be deduced. From the question, we must understand the meaning of the word, ‘corollary’. A ‘corollary’ is a proposition that follows from (and is often appended to) one already proved. Thus, we must look for the option choice that logically follows the information given. Following the steps we must analyse all the option choices carefully. (1) can be rejected on first reading as no information as such regarding the fact that appeals have been made to overseas Pakistanis to donate money for the dam. (2) can also be rejected as although it can be inferred that Islamabad was desperately wanting for an international funding for years but the fact that Pakistan is a disputed territory by the World and Asian Development Bank is not based on any strong evidence. Both (3) and (4) can also be rejected as nothing about the CPEC and the fact that officers have been told to donate money from their salaries, respectively is not evident from the facts stated. As none of the option choices stated capture the essence of the statement thus, the most appropriate answer choice is option 5.