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- Question
- 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.
- Correct Answer
- if only assumption II is implicit.
ExplanationEven 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.
- 1. 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
- 2. 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
- 3. 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
- 4. 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
- 5. 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
- 6. Statement:
" All the State Govts and UTs should go for compulsory video-filming of the post -mortem examinations in the cases of custodial deaths." ---National Human Right Commission.
Assumptions:
I. Doctors sometimes give false post-mortem report in case of custodial deaths.
II. The Kith and Kin of the victims do not get justice for custodial violence.
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:
Income in the hands of women contributes much more to the household food security and child nutrition then the income controlled by men.
Assumptions:
I. Women pay more attention to household nutrition.
II. Men are more interested in outside affairs.
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:
"The state's executive machinery should take all necessary measures to stop hazardous and poisonous effluents from being discharged into Yamuna."--A court order
Assumptions:
I. The water of Yamuna is contaminated.
II. State machinery has failed to take adequate measures to prevent the problem of water pollution in Yamuna.
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:
If betting and match- fixing play a vital role in cricket , which makes the game ungentlemanly and ugly, there is absolutely no use of wasting precious time to watch the game of cricket which cheats the innocent.
Assumptions:
I. This contagious disease may spray to other games.
II. Cricketers indulge in betting and match-fixing, and are exploiting innocent public feelings.
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:
Metropolises might provide everything----education, jobs and a good lifestyle---- but they score miserably when it comes to life's basic necessities.
Assumptions:
I. The speaker is talking about irregular water and electricity supply.
II. A large number of people in metros are still deprived of life's basic necessities.
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:
Explanation:
DTC authorities are assuming both the assumptions; that is why they have planned so.
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:
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 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: 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:
Explanation:
The NHRC is assuming both ; that is why this new system has been made compulsory.
Correct Answer: if only assumption II is implicit.
Explanation:
I is a restatement. But II is implicit because it is on this assumption that the comparison has been made.
Correct Answer:
Explanation:
Why did the court intervene and direct the state's executive machinery?
Correct Answer: if only assumption II is implicit.
Explanation:
I is not implicit. The statement has no relationship to other games. II is implicit because the speaker talks about the consequence only after assuming this.
Correct Answer: if only assumption II is implicit.
Explanation:
It is hard to reduce the generalised version to a particular field. Other possibilities may also be considered, such as sanitation problem,-----Hence I is not implicit. II is implicit because it is this that makes the speaker take potshot at metros.
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