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?
A. India is a country of exactly seventeen languages.
B. Linguistic plurality is the only indicator of a nation's diversity.
C. Indian currency notes have the denomination in all their languages.
D. Linguistic plurality is strong evidence of India's diversity.
GATE 2016 · General Aptitude · Verbal Reasoning · medium
Answer: Option D: Linguistic plurality is strong evidence of India's diversity.
Evaluate option A: The text says 'at least seventeen', which is a minimum bound, not an exact count. Option A says 'exactly seventeen'. This contradicts the premise.
Evaluate option B: The passage only says linguistic plurality IS an indicator of diversity; it does not claim it is the ONLY indicator. Inserting 'only' overstates the argument.
Evaluate option C: The text says notes show denomination 'in at least seventeen languages', not 'all their languages'. India has hundreds of languages; C makes an unsupported leap.
Evaluate option D: The rhetorical claim 'if this is not an indication of the nation's diversity, nothing else is' directly and strongly asserts that linguistic plurality on currency IS an indicator (strong evidence) of diversity. Option D paraphrases this faithfully.