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- Question
- Statement:
"Why are only highprofile people considered to be adventurous? The villagers in India, who have no buses, walk barefoot for miles on dusty, untarred roads. Isn't that more adventurous than rafting or gliding?"- View of a person
Assumptions:
I. It is a Herculean task to walk barefoot for miles on dusty untarred roads.
II. Rafting and gliding are considered adventurous by the people.
III. Walking barefoot for miles on dusty untarred roads is not considered adventurous by the people.
Options- A. Only I and II
- B. Only II and III
- C. Only I and III
- D. All I, II and III
- Correct Answer
- All I, II and III
ExplanationThe tone of the statement implies that, in the speaker's opinion, walking barefoot for miles on dusty roads should be considered adventurous. Hence, the speaker must be assuming I. To convince others about his opinion he makes comparison between walking barefoot rafting gliding. Why? He must be assuming the assumptions III and II also.
- 1. Statement:
"If we really want to reduce the menace of smoking, we need to reflect our intention through our deeds, our creations such as movies, in which incidence of smoking is show much higher than the actual cigarette consumption among the Indian population." - View of Mr X.
Assumptions:
I. There is a strong link between films and viewers' behavior.
II. Smoking show in movies results in corresponding increase in smoking among the public.
III. Menace of smoking can be reduced by proper planning followed by appropriate efforts.
Options- A. Only I
- B. Only II
- C. Only II and III
- D. Only I and III Discuss
- 2. Statement:
"My life has become a burden for too many people and my step of jumping off a multistoreyed housing complex will bring happiness for many people. I do not blame anyone for my act. Please let me die peacefully." - A suicide note written by a 19-year-old girl.
Assumptions:
I. Jumping off a multistoreyed housing complex will cause death.
II. Jumping off a multistoreyed housing complex is the easiest among the various way of ending lives, such as hanging, burning and consuming poison.
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:
"Before you hire a domestic help, get his/her background verified through us. Your family's safety depends on this simple step." - City police
Assumptions:
I. Police verification of domestic help is an effective step in crime prevention.
II. Verification of people's domestic help's antecedents is a simple process.
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:
Courier companies, led by big names are planning 25-30% hike in courier and parcel rates, as an initiative, following 67% hike in on -board courier rates by domestic airlines.
Assumptions:
I. If the courier rates were not increased, the industry would suffer huge losses which would retard its growth, leading to closure of operations.
II. The hike in courier and the parcel rates may be able to reimburse the expenses incurred due to hike in onboard courier rates by the domestic airlines.
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:
"I want Multinational Companies (MNCs) to be out of the water business. I don't mind them in road construction or some other area." - Statement of a waterman while educating the people on the community's water right
Assumptions:
I. Water is basic to life and the community should own it.
II. The MNCs are not the prowl to by the rivers.
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:
"You should publish the names of the ten worst colleges or institutions, which will lead to an overall improvement of Indian institutes."- Request of a reader to the editor of a weekly magazine.
Assumptions:
I. The management and and administrators of the respective institutes will come under pressure and will be compelled to improve the condition of the institutes if the names of the institutes are published in the weekly magazine.
II. The move will be helpful for admission- seekers from being a victim of degraded standard of the institutions.
III. The editor may concede the request and take positive steps in this regard.
Options- A. Only I and II
- B. Only II and III
- C. Only I and III
- D. All I, II and III Discuss
- 7. Statement:
"City 'X' should have more women driving public transport because most do not like to speed unnecessarily, prefer not to talk on mobiles while driving, do not listen to blaring music and rarely skip red lights."- A minister of state X
Assumptions:
I. More women driving buses and autos will usher more job opportunities for women.
II. Women are more disciplined than men on the roads.
III. If women start driving buses and autos it would increase chances of safety for commuters.
Options- A. Only I and II
- B. Only II and III
- C. Only I and III
- D. All I, II and III Discuss
- 8. Statement:
"Performing complex mental task whilst driving is dangerous." - A psychologist
Assumptions:
I. Thinking too much reduces the ability to spot potential problems and react to them safely.
II. Handsfree phone conversations are as safe - or as risky - as talking to a passenger, depending upon the demands of conversation.
III. Insecurity of human is a man-made problem.
Options- A. Only I and II
- B. Only II and III
- C. Only I and III
- D. All I, II and III Discuss
- 9. Statement:
"Despite hike in tariff, power is still cheap in the city X." - Power Minister
Assumptions:
I. The cost of purchasing electricity or its generation is much more in city X than in the neighbouring states.
II. Hike in tariff makes the power costly.
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:
"Supporting the Reserve Bank of India's clean note policy, we have introduced special polythene currency note packets. These are secure, transparent and unstapled. Please do help us to maintain this." - a request to customers of Bank XYZ
Assumptions:
I. Writing anything on currency notes is not in tune with RBIs clean note policy.
II. Only people's participation is enough to get the desired result expected through RBI's new policy.
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:
How can the menace of smoking be reduced if we restrict or reduce the showing of smoking in movies? Obviously, the speaker must be assuming assumption I and II. Assumption III is also implicit. That is why the speaker stress on those deeds and creations which are conducive to reducing the menace of smoking.
Correct Answer: if only assumption I is implicit.
Explanation:
The tone of the statement implies that the speaker must have assumed I. That is why she uses the words "let me die peacefuly." But the statement gives no indication about the comparison to other ways of suicide. Hence, assumption II is not implicit.
Correct Answer:
Explanation:
The request made by the city police to common people implies that the city police assumes that the verification of domestic help is necessary to put a tab on increasing rate of crime. Hence, I is implicit. Assumption II is also implicit. If it is a "simple step", the process involved must be simple.
Correct Answer: if only assumption II is implicit.
Explanation:
Assumption I goes into details, therefore, it is not implicit. Again the initiative to be taken is aimed at countering the problem. Hence, II must be implicit.
Correct Answer: if only assumption I is implicit.
Explanation:
Since the given statement has been made by the waterman while educating people on the community's right, the waterman must be assuming indulgence of MNCs in water business as disastrous for the people. Note that the speaker is not averse to indulgence of MNCs in road construction or some other areas. This implies water business has some special importance. Hence assumption I is implicit. Assumption II is not implicit because the indulgence of MNCs does not necessarily imply that they are going to by the rivers.
Correct Answer: Only I and III
Explanation:
The reason of the person's request to the editor to publish the name of the worst colleges, is obvious. How will the request lead to an overall improvement in the institution? The person must be assuming I. Hence, assumption I is implicit. II may not be an assumption. But III is implicit because if someone requests for something to others, the former assumes that the latter will concede it.
Correct Answer: Only II and III
Explanation:
I is not an assumption because the minister does not have the employment perspective. The positive features used in the statement in order to support more women driving public transport implies that the speaker must be assuming II and III.
Correct Answer:
Explanation:
Only I is implicit. II and III can't be correlated with the statement. Hence, II and III are not implicit.
Correct Answer: if only assumption II is implicit.
Explanation:
Assumption I is not implicit because it rather contradicts the statement. But assumption II is implicit; that is why the word "despite" has been used in the statement.
Correct Answer: if neither I nor II is implicit.
Explanation:
Assumption I is not implicit because introducing polythene packets may have nothing to do with writing on the notes. Assumption II is not implicit because of the word 'only'.
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