In 2022, June Huh was awarded the Fields medal, which is the highest prize in Mathematics. When he was younger, he was also a poet. He did not win any medals in the International Mathematics Olympiads. He dropped out of college.
Based only on the above information, which one of the following statements can be logically inferred with certainty?
A. Every Fields medalist has won a medal in an International Mathematics Olympiad.
B. Every chemist who dropped out of college has won the Fields medal.
C. All Fields medalists are part-time poets.
D. Some Fields medalists have dropped out of college.
GATE 2023 · General Aptitude · Passage Reading · medium
Answer: D. Some Fields medalists have dropped out of college.
Evaluate option A: Option A claims: Every Fields medalist won an IMO medal. But the passage says June Huh (a Fields medalist) did NOT win any IMO medal. This directly contradicts A. So A is false.
Evaluate option B: Option B claims: Every chemist who dropped out of college has won the Fields medal. The passage mentions nothing about chemists at all. This is a wild generalisation far beyond the given information. B cannot be inferred with certainty.
Evaluate option C: Option C claims: All Fields medalists are part-time poets. The passage only says June Huh was a poet in his youth. We cannot infer all other Fields medalists are also poets. C is an unwarranted generalisation.
Evaluate option D: Option D claims: Some Fields medalists have dropped out of college. The passage tells us June Huh is a Fields medalist AND he dropped out of college. Therefore at least one Fields medalist dropped out, making 'some Fields medalists dropped out' certainly and necessarily true.