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  • Question
  • 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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    Explanation

    Whenever 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.


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    • 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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