GATE CS 2023 Q6 — General Aptitude

To determine which statement can be logically inferred with certainty, let us analyze the premises provided in the passage:

1. Premise 1: More than $75\%$ of the working population suffers from serious health issues.
2. Premise 2: Health experts concluded that a complete lack of physical exercise is a leading cause of these health issues.
3. Premise 3: To address this problem, the Government decided to provide monetary incentives to those who ride bicycles to work.

Let's evaluate the options based only on these premises:

• Option A: "All the working population of Zombieland will henceforth ride bicycles to work."
  Incorrect. Offering monetary incentives does not guarantee that $100\%$ of the population will adopt the practice.
• Option B: "Riding bicycles will ensure that all of the working population of Zombieland is free of health issues."
  Incorrect. Lack of exercise is only "one of the leading causes" of health issues, not the sole cause. Thus, exercising alone cannot guarantee complete freedom from all health issues.
• Option C: "The health experts suggested to the Government of Zombieland to declare riding bicycles as mandatory."
  Incorrect. The passage only states that experts identified the lack of exercise as a cause. It does not mention any specific policy recommendations made by the experts, let alone making bicycle riding mandatory.
• Option D: "The Government of Zombieland believes that riding bicycles is a form of physical exercise."
  Correct. Since the government introduced incentives for riding bicycles specifically to address the lack of physical exercise, the government must believe that riding bicycles constitutes a form of physical exercise.