PYQ · UPSC Combined Defence Services 2025 · English · Q41 Difficulty 2/5
Inference & Conclusion› Logical & Rational Inference
S1 : Failure is the stepping stone to success. S2 : Successive failures are not however successive stepping stones to success. The second sentence :
Answer d.
Explanation Answer · d
S2 accepts that failure can lead to success but limits it: repeated failures are not repeated steps, so S2 qualifies S1. S1 states a proverb: failure is a stepping stone to success. S2, introduced by 'however', does not reject this; it adds that 'Successive failures' are not 'successive stepping stones to success'. Adding a condition or limit to a statement without denying it is to 'qualify' it.
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