Passage

No supporters of ‘party X’, who knew Z and supported his campaign strategy, agreed for the alliance with ‘party Y’; but some of them had friends in ‘party Y’.

QUESTION

CSAT

Easy

Reasoning

Prelims 2017

With reference to the above information, consider the following statements:

Some supporters of ‘party X’ knew Z.
Some supporters of ‘party X’, who opposed Z’s campaign strategy, knew Z.
No supporters of ‘party X’ supported Z’s campaign strategy.

Which of the statements given above is/are not correct?

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Explanation

Statement 1 is correct. If the passage suggests that there were supporters of party X who knew Z, then this statement is accurate. The passage must provide some indication that a subset of party X's supporters had knowledge of Z.

Statement 2 is correct. If the passage clearly states that some supporters of party X, who opposed Z’s campaign strategy, also knew Z, then this statement is accurate. The passage should provide details linking the opposition to the campaign strategy and their knowledge of Z.

Statement 3 is incorrect. If there were, in fact, any supporters of party X who did support Z's campaign strategy. If the passage states that at least some supporters of party X were in favor of Z's strategy, then this statement is false.