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- Question
- Statement:
The product X that you have asked for is not with us but can be made available against firm order from you
Assumptions:
I. The product X is not in great demand
II.The product X is out of stock as new model is coming up.
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 are implicit
- Correct Answer
- if only assumption I is implicit
Explanationif only assumption I is implicit
- 1. Statement:
The head of the organization congratulated the entire staff in his speech for their sincere effort to bring down the deficit and urged them to give their best for attaining a more profitable position in future.
Assumptions:
I. The employees may get motivated and maintain and if possible enhance their present level of work.
II. The employees may now relax and slow down in their day to day work as there is no immediate threat of huge deficit.
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 are implicit Discuss
- 2. Statement:
There has been a remarkable increase in the air traffic in India during the past few years.
Assumptions:
I. Travelling by air has become a status symbol now
II. Large number of people are able to afford air travel now.
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 are implicit Discuss
- 3. Statement:
"To keep myself up - to - date, i always listen to 9:00 p.m. news on radio."-----A candidate tells the interview board.
Assumptions:
I. The candidate does not read newspaper
II. Recent news are broadcast only on radio.
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 are implicit Discuss
- 4. Statement:
"Fly X airways whenever you decide to go places. Our fares are less than train fares."--------An advertisement.
Assumptions:
I. People prefer to travel by air when the fares are reasonable.
II. The fares of other airlines are costlier than those of X airways.
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 are implicit Discuss
- 5. Statement:
If the city bus which runs between Ram Nagar and Sant Colony is extended to Vasant Vihar, it will be convenient.-----------Appeal of residents of Ram Nagar to the city bus company
Assumptions:
I. The convenience of the city bus company is much more important than the needs of the consumers
II. The city bus company is indifferent to the aspirations of the residents of Sant Colony.
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 are implicit Discuss
- 6. Statement:
"Two months ago, it was announced that Central Government pensioners would get dearness relief with immediate effect but till date, banks have not credited the arrears."--------A statement from a Pensioners' forum.
Assumptions:
I. Most of the banks normally take care of the pensioners.
II. two months' time is sufficient for the government machinery to move and give effect to Pensioners.
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 are implicit Discuss
- 7. Statement:
The school authorities have decided to increase the number of students in each classroom to seventy from the next academic session to bridge the gap between the income and the expenditure to a large extent.
Assumptions:
I. The income generated by way of fees of the additional students will be sufficient enough to bridge the gap
II. The school will get all the additional students in each class from the next academic session.
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 are implicit Discuss
- 8. Statement:
Science is a sort of news agency comparable in principle to other news agencies. But this news agency gives us information which is reliable to an extraordinary high degree due to elaborate techniques of verification and its capacity to survive centuries. So, science should be read with as much interest as we read news.
Assumptions:
I. Science encourage investigative spirit
II. People read news out of interest.
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 are implicit Discuss
- 9. Statement
Prakash decided to get his railway reservation done in the month of May for the journey he wants to undertake in July to Mumbai.
Assumptions
I. The railways open reservation two months in advance.
II. There is more than one train to Mumbai.
III. There will be a vacancy in the desired class.
Options- A. Both II and III
- B. Only I
- C. Both I and II
- D. Only III` Discuss
- 10. Statement
The companies that showed relatively high import orientation in India were not the ones that benefited the most from Government interventions during the heydays of import substitution.
Assumptions
I. High import companies do not need Government support.
II. Low import companies received more Government supports.
III. Import oriented companies are affected by Government prices.
IV. Exporting of goods get affected by Government .
Options- A. Only I
- B. Only III
- C. Both II and IV
- D. All four Discuss
Statement and Assumption problems
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Correct Answer: if only assumption I is implicit
Explanation:
if only assumption I is implicit
Correct Answer: if only assumption II is implicit
Explanation:
the statement says that large number of people travelling by air has increased in the recent years, which implies that large number of persons can affords. So, only II.
Correct Answer: if neither I nor II are implicit
Explanation:
it doesn't mean that the candidate listens to news on the radio, will not read newspaper or radio is not the only source of information (news). So neither I nor II.
Correct Answer:
Explanation:
if both I and II are implicit.
Correct Answer: if neither I nor II are implicit
Explanation:
it is clear that the city bus have to provide bus services according to the needs of the local person and not as per their own convenience. So I is not implicit. So, again the statements says of an appeal of a resident of Ram Nagar. And nothing can be said about the company's response to appeals of the residents of the colony. So, II is also not implicit.
Correct Answer: if only assumption II is implicit
Explanation:
I is vague so it is not implicit.
Correct Answer: if only assumption I is implicit
Explanation:
if only assumption I is implicit
Correct Answer:
Explanation:
the statement mentions that science is reliable as facts can be verified by investigation. So, I is implicit II follows directly from the last sentence in the statement and so it is also implicit.
Correct Answer: Only I
Explanation:
Only Assumption I is implicit.
Correct Answer: Only III
Explanation:
Only Assumption III follows.
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