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- Statement:
" Strict action would be taken against the Municipal Corporation of Delhi employees if found guilty of connivance in illegal encroachments."-- The new Municipal Commissioner.
Assumptions:
I. Some employees of MCD indulge in corruption.
II. The warning given by Municipal Commissioner will minimise corruption.
Options- A. if only assumption I is implicit.
- B. if only assumption II is implicit.
- C. if either I or II is implicit.
- D. if neither I nor II is implicit.
- Correct Answer
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ExplanationWhenever a warning of this sort is given, the following assumptions are implicit: I. There is something foul in the air; there can be no smoke without fire; and II. The warning will have a positive effect in checking the problem.
- 1. Statement:
In the country, which has over 70 television channels hundreds of newspapers, thousands of magazines and a sensation through 'dotcoms' , the demand for journalists would never die down.
Assumptions:
I. TV channels and dotcom companies are mushrooming by the day.
II. Journalists are the pillar of our democracy.
Options- A. if only assumption I is implicit.
- B. if only assumption II is implicit.
- C. if either I or II is implicit.
- D. if neither I nor II is implicit. Discuss
- 2. Statement:
The world gold production has continued to grow irrespective of the price hike.
Assumptions:
I. Quantity of gold produced doesn't affect its price in the market.
II. In case of price hike the production of gold should be reduced.
Options- A. if only assumption I is implicit.
- B. if only assumption II is implicit.
- C. if either I or II is implicit.
- D. if neither I nor II is implicit. Discuss
- 3. Statement:
"The Election Commission should curtail election expenditure."--
President of India
Assumptions:
I. Election Commission can be directed only by the President of India.
II. It is the Election Commission which can curtail the election expenditure.
Options- A. if only assumption I is implicit.
- B. if only assumption II is implicit.
- C. if either I or II is implicit.
- D. if neither I nor II is implicit. Discuss
- 4. Statement:
"This time electronic voting machines will be used during elections."-Chief Election Commissioner.
Assumptions:
I. It will reduce malpractices during counting of votes.
II. Electronic voting machine is convenient for the voters to use.
Options- A. if only assumption I is implicit.
- B. if only assumption II is implicit.
- C. if either I or II is implicit.
- D. if neither I nor II is implicit. Discuss
- 5. Statement:
"There should be no screening of film Kohram until further decision."--A High Court order.
Assumptions:
I. People abide by the decision of High Court.
II. Kohram is an objectionable movie.
Options- A. if only assumption I is implicit.
- B. if only assumption II is implicit.
- C. if either I or II is implicit.
- D. if neither I nor II is implicit. Discuss
- 6. Statement:
Thick milk does not mean high-quality milk ---Issued in public interest by a reputed milk company.
Assumptions:
I. There is misconception among the people that thick milk is good.
II. Some companies are producing adulterated thick milk.
Options- A. if only assumption I is implicit.
- B. if only assumption II is implicit.
- C. if either I or II is implicit.
- D. if neither I nor II is implicit. Discuss
- 7. Statement:
Citizens and nations reveal their character by the way they treat their elderly and the disabled.
Assumptions:
I. Elderly and disabled are the most respectable in society.
II. Elderly and disabled are the people who need help of the society.
Options- A. if only assumption I is implicit.
- B. if only assumption II is implicit.
- C. if either I or II is implicit.
- D. if neither I nor II is implicit. Discuss
- 8. Statement:
Unemployment has increased in spite of the Indian economy growing well.
Assumptions:
I. Economic growth is supposed to create more job opportunities.
II. There are certain factors other than economic growth which influence employment.
Options- A. if only assumption I is implicit.
- B. if only assumption II is implicit.
- C. if either I or II is implicit.
- D. if neither I nor II is implicit. Discuss
- 9. Statement:
It is not unknown in India that inquiry reports, usually compiled with considerable care, are shelved and forgotten as soon as the initial outrage dies down.
Assumptions:
I. The credibility of inquiry reports has considerably gone down in India.
II. Inquiry reports in India are never implemented up to the expectations of the victims of a crisis.
Options- A. if only assumption I is implicit.
- B. if only assumption II is implicit.
- C. if either I or II is implicit.
- D. if neither I nor II is implicit. Discuss
- 10. Statement:
India is suffering because citizens have given and taken votes based on caste/religion and not principles.
Assumptions:
I. The day of value-based voting are numbered in India.
II. The voting based on principles has the potential to nullify the problems created by the politics of caste and religion.
Options- A. if only assumption I is implicit.
- B. if only assumption II is implicit.
- C. if either I or II is implicit.
- D. if neither I nor II is implicit. Discuss
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Correct Answer: if neither I nor II is implicit.
Explanation:
I may be a conclusion but it is not an assumption. Hence I is not implicit. Nor is he assuming about the role of journalists in the society before delivering his statement. Hence II is not implicit.
Correct Answer: if only assumption II is implicit.
Explanation:
The speaker is assuming II; that is why he has used the term irrespective while comparing the gold production with price hike (inflation). I is not implicit; the assumption is that price hike affects gold production.
Correct Answer: if only assumption II is implicit.
Explanation:
The term only is objectionable in I. Hence I is not implicit. why has the President directed the Election Commission to curtail the expenditure? Definitely, he is assuming II.
Correct Answer:
Explanation:
Why the need to use the electronic voting machine? Chief Election Commissioner is definitely assuming I. Any system won't be recommended if it is not convenient to use for common people. Hence II is implicit.
Correct Answer: if only assumption I is implicit.
Explanation:
When the High Court passes an order, it assumes I. II is not implicit because the court has merely assumed that the film is controversial. Whether it is objectionable will be established only when the decision is finally taken.
Correct Answer: if only assumption I is implicit.
Explanation:
I is implicit; it is to dispel this myth that the statement has been issued in public interest. but being inferior in quality is not the same as being adulterated; hence II is not implicit.
Correct Answer:
Explanation:
The need to treat properly the elderly and the disabled stem from both the assumptions.
Correct Answer: if only assumption I is implicit.
Explanation:
The speaker is assuming I; that is why he has started so. In his opinion as the economy is growing well, employment rate should increase. He is not assuming about any other factor that influences employment.
Correct Answer: if neither I nor II is implicit.
Explanation:
From the statement it is clear that the speaker has no doubt about the credibility of inquiry reports. Hence I is not implicit. II has too strong a world in never.
Correct Answer: if neither I nor II is implicit.
Explanation:
I is not implicit because it implies that value-based voting still prevails, though it does not have too long a future. But the statement clearly suggests that value-based voting is absent. What about Assumption II, which talks of the potential of value-based voting? Well, the only potential the speaker has in mind is that it's a step in the positive direction. But can it undo what has been done ? we don't know.
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