UPSC CSAT
Inference
CSAT - INFERENCE /COROLLARY
INFERENCE/COROLLARY:-
A logical deduction made by using the facts given in the passage. It’s a notion formed by using
evidence and reasoning. The word ‘Infer’ means to "carry forward“. An inference is an educated
guess-the process of inferring things based on what is already known.
These questions ask the aspirant to infer from the information given in the passage or draw a
conclusion. The conclusion could be directly given in the passage or it could be that the aspirant
needs to draw the inferences themselves. Inferences can usually be drawn from anywhere within
the passage while conclusions will focus on the last few lines. The words to look out for are
“concluding remarks”, “infer”, “inference”.
CSAT - INFERENCE /COROLLARY
Example:-
1. Blood cholesterol used to be thought of as a problem only for adults.
(A) Blood cholesterol is no longer a problem for adults.
(B) Only children have a problem with blood cholesterol.
(C) Blood cholesterol affects both adults and children.
2. When apple growers talk about new varieties of apples, they don’t mean something developed last month,
last year, or even in the last decade.
(A) Apple growers haven’t developed any new varieties in recent decades.
(B) Some varieties of apples can be developed in a short time, but others take a long time.
(C) New varieties of apples take many years to develop.
3. In all cultures, gestures are used as a form of communication, but the same gestures may have very
different meanings in different cultures.
(A) No two cultures use the same gestures.
(B) One gesture will never have the same meaning in two cultures.
(C) A person from one culture may misunderstand the gestures used by a person from another culture.
CSAT - INFERENCE /COROLLARY
4. Although sheepherding is an older and more beloved occupation, shepherds never caught the attention of
American filmmakers the way cowboys did.
(A) There have been more American films about cowboys than about shepherds.
(B) Films about shepherds were popular before films about cowboys.
(C) Cowboys are generally younger than shepherds.
5. As an architect, Thomas Jefferson preferred the Roman style, as seen in the buildings of the University of
Virginia, to the English style favored by Charles Bullfinch.
(A) The architecture of the University of Virginia was influenced by the Roman style.
(B) Bullfinch was an English architect.
(C) Jefferson preferred to build in the English style of architecture.
6. Even spiders that do not build webs from silk use it for a variety of purposes, such as constructing egg
sacs and nursery tents.
(A) All spiders build webs.
(B) Spiders that build webs don’t build egg sacs or nursery tents.
(C) Silk is used by all spiders.
CSAT | ENGLISH COMPREHENSIONS
Passage-1
The ultimate aim of government is not to rule or control by fear, nor to demand obedience, but conversely, to free
every man from fear so that he may live in all possible security. In other words, to strengthen his natural right to
exist and work without injury to himself or others. The object of government is not to change men from rational
beings into beasts or puppets. It should enable them to develop their minds and bodies in security, and to employ
their reason unshackled.
Q. Which among the following is the most logical and rational inference that can be made from the above passage?
(a) The true aim of government is to secure the citizens their social and political freedom.
(b) The primary concern of government is to provide absolute social security to all its citizens.
(c) The best government is the one that allows the citizens to enjoy absolute liberty in all matters of life.
(d) The best government is the one that provides absolute physical security to the people of the country