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- Question
- Statement:
"Private property, trespassers will be prosecuted" -A notice on a plot of land.
Assumption:
I The passerby may read the notice and may not trespass.
II The people are scared of prosecution.
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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ExplanationAny notice is displayed assuming that people will read the notice and also follow the content of the notice. So, I is implicit. Besides, the notice threatens any trespassers to be prosecuted. So, II is also implicit.
- 1. Statement: Traffic jams on most of the roads in the city have become a regular feature during monsoon.
Assumption: I. Material used for road construction cannot withstand the fury of monsoon resulting into innumerable pot holes on the roads.
II Number of vehicles coming on the roads is much more in monsoon as compared to other seasons.
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:
Provide mid-day meals to the children in primary schools to increase the number of students attending schools
Assumptions:
I. Mid-day meals will attract the children to the schools
II. Those children who are otherwise deprived of good food will attend the schools.
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:
This year most of the shops and departmental stores are offering prizes and discounts on purchases to attract customers
Assumptions:
I. The shops and departmental stores have so far earned a lot of profit, so now they have started sharing it with the customers.
II. Lots of goods are available but the sale is not shooting up. There is no cheer for the customers.
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:
"I have not received telephone bills for nine months inspite of several complaints" --------A telephone customer's letter to the editor of a daily.
Assumptions:
I. Every customer has a right to get bills regularly from the telephone company.
II. The customer's complaints point to defect in the services which is expected to be corrected.
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:
The management of XYZ Pvt. Ltd. Asked the workers' union to call of strike immediately otherwise the management would be forced to close down the factory.
Assumptions:
I. No alternative other than closing down the factory is left for the management of XYZ Pvt. Ltd.
II. Such threat may have some effect on the workers's union.
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:
If he is intelligent, he will pass the examination.
Assumption
I. To pass, he must be intelligent
II. He will pass the examination.
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
The government has decided to disinvest large chunk of its equity in select public sector undertakings for a better fiscal management.
Assumption
I. The amount generated out of the disinvestment process may reduce substantially the mounting fiscal deficits.
II. There will be enough demand in the market for the shares of these undertakings.
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:
"Use our product to improve memory of our child. It is based on natural herbs and has no harmful side effects."---- An advertisement of a pharmaceutical company.
Assumptions:
I. People generally opt for a medical product which is useful and has no harmful side effects.
II. Improving memory of child is considered as important by many parents.
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 it is easy to become an engineer, I don't want to be an engineer.
Assumption
I. An individual aspires to be professional.
II. One desires to achieve a thing which is hard earned.
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:
Kartik left for Delhi on Tuesday by train to attend a function to be held on Friday at his uncle's house in Delhi.
Assumptions
I. Kartik may reach Delhi on Wednesday.
II. Kartik may reach Delhi before Friday.
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:
Clearly, the problem of traffic jams arises during monsoons not because of increased number of vehicles but due to slow movement of traffic on account of bad roads. So, only I is implicit.
Correct Answer: if only assumption I is implicit.
Explanation:
Providing mid-day meals would attract more number of children as an added privilege and not because the children are deprived of good meals at home. So, only I is implicit.
Correct Answer: if only assumption II is implicit.
Explanation:
That someone has earned a lot is no reason to share the profit margin with the customers. So, I is not implicit. Clearly, the offers have been announced to attract more customers and boost up the sale. So, II is implicit.
Correct Answer:
Explanation:
The customer's eagerness to get the bills makes I implicit. Besides, the customer has written to the editor to bring the malfunctioning of the department to public notice. So, II is also implicit.
Correct Answer: if only assumption II is implicit.
Explanation:
Such a warning is usually given to the workers to threaten them that they would lose their job and income forever if they didn't mend their ways. So, only II is implicit.
Correct Answer: if only assumption I is implicit.
Explanation:
The statement mentions that he will pass if he is intelligent. So, I is implicit. Further, this means that it is not necessary that he will pass. So, II is not impicit.
Correct Answer: if only assumption I is implicit.
Explanation:
The fact given in I directly follows from the phrase ' . . . . for a better fiscal management' in the statement. So, I is implicit. However, the public response to the new policy cannot be ascertained. So, II is not implicit.
Correct Answer:
Explanation:
An advertisement highlights only those features of a product, which are liked by people and are also desirable. So, both I and II are implicit.
Correct Answer: if only assumption II is implicit.
Explanation:
Clearly, nothing is mentioned about the professional nature of the job. So, I is not implicit. The statement hints that one rejects a thing that is easy to achieve. So, II, is implicit.
Correct Answer: if only assumption II is implicit
Explanation:
Clearly, it cannot be deduced as to which day Kartik would reach Delhi. But Kartik has left for Delhi to attend a function to be held on Friday. So, he must have planned his journey to reach Delhi before Friday. Thus, only II is implicit.
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