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- Question
- 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.
- Correct Answer
- if neither I nor II is implicit.
ExplanationFrom 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.
- 1. 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
- 2. 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
- 3. 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
- 4. 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. Discuss
- 5. 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
- 6. 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
- 7. Statement:
"Our population is now 100 cr. Let's have small family for stronger India."----a nasal message sent by the MTNL.
Assumptions:
I. Public messages sent through communication media are effective tools to achieve the desired end.
II. The runaway population growth seems to be a major cause of worry for the government.
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:
People of Indian Origin (PIO) maintain their cultural traditions and values even though they have settled comfortably in their adopted countries.
Assumptions:
I. Indian culture is flexible enough to be adjusted with any other culture.
II. Indian culture is superior to other cultures.
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:
DTC authorities have planned to advertise various products on bus tickets to put them to good use.
Assumptions:
I. Passengers will read the advertisement printed on tickets.
II. DTC authorities will get advertisement under this proposal.
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:
The parents of students are demonstrating at Legislative Council to protest against fee hike revision by the capital's educational institutions.
Assumptions:
I. The parents are unable to afford increased fee.
II. In view of large-scale protestation Legislative Council may direct the capital's educational institutions to stop the fee hike.
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
Statement and Assumption problems
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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:
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:
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:
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.
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 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.
Correct Answer:
Explanation:
Such messages are sent to get control of a problem. II is the implicit problem. I is expected to help in getting control of the problem.
Correct Answer: if only assumption I is implicit.
Explanation:
I is implicit; that is why the PIOs have maintained the Indian culture even in alien settings. But II is not implicit because a comparison between the two cultures is nowhere hinted at.
Correct Answer:
Explanation:
DTC authorities are assuming both the assumptions; that is why they have planned so.
Correct Answer: if only assumption II is implicit.
Explanation:
Even able parents may be not willing to pay the increased fee. Hence I can't be assumed. Why are they demonstrating in front of Legislative Council? Clearly, they are assuming II. Hence II is implicit.
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