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GATE 2016 CS – Question 7

General Aptitude · Analytical Aptitude: Logical Reasoning and Deduction · 2 marks · Multiple choice

Indian currency notes show the denomination indicated in at least seventeen languages. If this is not an indication of the nation's diversity, nothing else is.

Which of the following can be logically inferred from the above sentences?

  1. India is a country of exactly seventeen languages.
  2. Linguistic pluralism is the only indicator of a nation's diversity.
  3. Indian currency notes have sufficient space for all the Indian languages.
  4. Linguistic pluralism is strong evidence of India's diversity.

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Correct answer: (D) Linguistic pluralism is strong evidence of India's diversity.

Explanation

The passage says that if the many languages on the notes do not show diversity, then nothing does. That means the languages are strong evidence of diversity. It does not say there are exactly seventeen languages, that language is the only indicator, or anything about space on the notes.