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- Question
- Statement:
"Railway wagons of Eastern Railway will carry your message."-- ad by Eastern Railway.
Assumptions:
I. Other railways are already in practice and earning profits.
II. The railway will get responses for the above ad.
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.
ExplanationEastern Railway may be initiator of this practice. Hence I is not implicit. Assuming I, the Eastern Railway officials have advertised so.
- 1. Statement:
" The days of ghazal can never be over."----A singer
Assumptions:
I. Aspiring singers should concentrate on ghazal rather than on pop.
II. Ghazal has been written off by many.
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 textbook variety of the profession and practice of democracy has not worked in countries like India where ground realities are different.
Assumptions:
I. Democracy is not suitable for poor countries.
II. The ground realities of different countries differ from one another.
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:
Various state governments will compete with one another to announce cash prizes they intend to facilitate Olympic medal-winners with.
Assumptions:
I. Such announcements by the state governments will boost the morale of players.
II. Willing medal in Olympics is a matter of pride for the state governments.
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:
Nowadays some people have made it a business to organise rallies and demonstrations against big projects citing environmental and social reasons.
Assumptions:
I. Big projects are necessary.
II. Environmental and social reasons attract people to wards rallies.
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:
"Develop a strategic plan for Internet adoption. Do not treat the Internet any differently than you would treat any other crucial business decision."------ A Manager , IBM India
Assumptions:
I. All crucial businesses need a strategic plan to succeed.
II. Internet is the need of the hour.
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:
Order can be maintained only when law becomes enforceable. Law implies the corpus of rules or injunctions that need to be obeyed by one and all without exception.
Assumptions:
I. The acceptance of law by the people is a must for its effectiveness.
II. There is a section of people who are law unto themselves.
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:
Sanskrit is a 'dead' language and its study in school is obsolete.
Assumptions:
I. Sanskrit has no utility in our day-to-day life.
II. Schools should teach the students only such matters as are related to what they want to do in their lives.
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:
"In India, the wheels of justice hardly move."---An American newspaper
Assumptions:
I. Judicial process in India is dilatory, expensive, and beyond the reach of common people.
II. It is necessary for a civilised society to have a prompt judiciary.
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:
To India and Indians, monsoon can be a bringer of bounty as well as harbinger of death.
Assumptions:
I. The economy and the vast majority of the people in India are still dependent on rain.
II. In India, almost every year some part or the other is ravaged by floods.
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:
So long as there is a caste-based society in our country, there is no harm in having caste-based organisations to look after the welfare of their castes.
Assumptions:
I. There is nothing wrong in having religious organisations to spread their ideals.
II. Political parties cannot look after the welfare of different castes like caste-based organisations can.
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:
II is implicit by the very need of the singer to defend ghazal. I is not implicit because the singer does not compare ghazal to pop.
Correct Answer: if neither I nor II is implicit.
Explanation:
Here the assumption is: The method of governance of a country should be according to the ground realities of that country. Hence I is not implicit. II is not implicit because we don't know whether the speaker has other countries in mind.
Correct Answer:
Explanation:
The announcement of awards serves both the purposes.
Correct Answer: if only assumption I is implicit.
Explanation:
The way 'business' is used in the given statement implies assumption I. Whether the rallies will get the support of the people on such issues or not, is not in the mind of the speaker. He is only against such demonstrations. Hence II is not implicit.
Correct Answer: if only assumption II is implicit.
Explanation:
I is not implicit. We don't know about success of businesses in general. II is implicit; hence the appeal for Internet adoption.
Correct Answer:
Explanation:
Because he is assuming I that is why he has used the term 'enforceable' in his statement. Speaker is assuming II; that is why he stressed that law should be obeyed by all without exception.
Correct Answer:
Explanation:
Both are implicit. The term 'dead' clears speaker's intention.
Correct Answer: if neither I nor II is implicit.
Explanation:
The newspaper's view on the expensiveness of justice can't be guessed from the given statement. Hence I is not implicit. In assumption II, the term 'civilized society' twists his view.
Correct Answer:
Explanation:
Both are implicit.
Correct Answer: if only assumption II is implicit.
Explanation:
I is not implicit. Note: So long as there is......means option is situational. He assumes that caste-based organisations are the best caretaker of caste- based society. Hence II is implicit.
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