The following question has a set of three statements. Each statement can be classified as one of the following:

(i) Facts, which deal with pieces of information that one has heard, seen or read, and which are open to discovery or verification (the answer option indicates such a statement with an 'F').

(ii) Inferences, which are conclusions drawn about the unknown, on the basis of the known (the answer option indicates such a statement with an 'I').

(iii) Judgements, which are opinions that imply approval or disapproval of persons, objects, situations and occurrences in the past, the present or the future (the answer option indicates such a statement with a 'J').

Identify the Fact (F), Judgement (J) and Inference (I) from the given sentences.

1. Weather forecast says 80% chance of thunderstorms, It’s a good idea to bring an umbrella.

2. My throat is sore and my nose is running, I have probably caught a cold.

3. There are over 40 million volumes in the university library, they probably have a copy of the famous book ‘Savitri’.

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Answer 1

The correct answer is '1I,2I,3I'.

Key Points

Statement 1 is about the weather forecast. From the statement we can conclude that it might rain, so, it is good to bring an umbrella.
Statement 2 is an inference as we can conclude that if the throat is sore and the nose is running, it might be cold.
Statement 3 talks about books in the university library. It is concluded that if there are so many books in the library, a copy of the famous book 'Savitri' must be there.
According to the explanation given above, we can say that all three statements come under 'inference'.
Hence, option 2 is the correct answer.