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- Question
- Statement:
Courts are no longer cathedrals. They are casinos where the throw of the dice matters.
Assumptions:
I. Nowadays, the courts do not provide justice to deserving people.
II. The courts are not fulfilling the objective for which they were established.
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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ExplanationBoth assumptions I and II have nearly same meaning. Clearly, the speaker is assuming that courts are not fulfilling the objective (provide justice to deserving people) for which they were established. The rich can change the judgment in their favour (throwing dice).
- 1. Statement:
In India that is short of nearly every essential commodity, there is only one product that we stock in excess: ministers.
Assumptions:
I. The more the number of ministers the easier it is to stock larger commodities.
II. The strength of ministry 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
- 2. Statement:
Poverty persists under conditions where human resource is undervalued, and land and other material resources are overvalued.
Assumptions:
I. Poverty can be eradicated by enhancing the human resource value.
II. There should be a balance between the valuation of human and material resources.
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:
If you lose after competing hard that's fine. If you lose without trying hard, that's what disappoints me.
Assumptions:
I. Losing after trying hard is excusable.
II. Lousing without effort is regrettable.
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:
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
- 5. 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
- 6. Statement:
Though the Indians have returned from a disastrous tour, they should not be written off.
Assumptions:
I. In past, Indians had excellent tour.
II. In future, Indians may perform excellently as they did in past.
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:
There are lessons to be learnt even in defeats.
Assumptions:
I. Some people do not take their defeats seriously.
II. The people who learn in their defeat may become successful in future.
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 union Govt needs to give greater attention to, and provide larger resources for, primary education and primary health.
Assumptions:
I. Primary education and primary health are in deteriorating state in our country.
II. Primary education and primary health are essential for improving all-round living standards of people of any country.
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:
People are bound to reject changes in the basis Structure of the Constitution and any interference in the traditional communal harmony.
Assumptions:
I. This is a statement given by a leader of a party in opposition.
II. The government in power is making a move to amend the Constitution.
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:
Overs the years, successive railway ministers have utilised the employment potential of the railways in order to boost their political careers.
Assumptions:
I. Overs the years, Railways has witnessed tremendous vacancies for employment.
II. The political career of a political leader depends upon the direct benefit given by him to the people of his constituency.
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 only assumption II is implicit.
Explanation:
From the tone of the statement it is clear that the speaker is not satisfied with the large (excess) number of ministers in India and wants reduction in this number. Hence II is an assumption. I is not an assumption.
Correct Answer:
Explanation:
if both I and II are implicit.
Correct Answer: if neither I nor II is implicit.
Explanation:
Both are sort of restatements.
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.
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 neither I nor II is implicit.
Explanation:
if neither I nor II is implicit.
Correct Answer: if only assumption II is implicit.
Explanation:
Taking defeat seriously and taking lesson from the defeat are two different matters. Hence I is not implicit. Why do we need to take lesson from our defeat? The answer clearly is to be successful in future. Hence II is implicit.
Correct Answer: if only assumption II is implicit.
Explanation:
I is not implicit. It is possible that the situation is improving instead of deteriorating, but the statement is being made because this improvement is not enough. On the other hand, II is implicit because it is this essentiality that makes the speaker talk about what the Govt needs to do.
Correct Answer: if only assumption II is implicit.
Explanation:
The statement may be given by a lawyer or any other critic. So we can't assume that this is given by an opposition leader. But the speaker is assuming II. That is why he takes about people rejecting the changes.
Correct Answer:
Explanation:
I is implicit: this is what the speaker has in mind when he talks of having "utilised the employment potential." The speaker is assuming II that is why he is relating the employment potential of railway with the political career of the leader.
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