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  • Statement: "In order to bring punctuality in our office, we must provide conveyance allowance to our employees." - In charge of a company tells Personnel Manager.

    Assumptions:

    1. Conveyance allowance will not help in bringing punctuality.
    2. Discipline and reward should always go hand in hand.


  • Options
  • A. Only assumption I is implicit
  • B. Only assumption II is implicit
  • C. Either I or II is implicit
  • D. Neither I nor II is implicit
  • E. Both I and II are implicit

  • Correct Answer
  • Only assumption II is implicit 

    Explanation
    Assumption I goes against the statement. So, it is not implicit. The allowance will serve as a reward to the employees and shall provoke them to come on time. So, II is implicit.

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    • 1. Statement: It is desirable to put the child in school at the age of 5 or so.

      Assumptions:

      1. At that age the child reaches appropriate level of development and is ready to learn.
      2. The schools do not admit children after six years of age.


    • Options
    • A. Only assumption I is implicit
    • B. Only assumption II is implicit
    • C. Either I or II is implicit
    • D. Neither I nor II is implicit
    • E. Both I and II are implicit
    • Discuss
    • 2. Statement: "You are hereby appointed as a programmer with a probation period of one year and your performance will be reviewed at the end of the period for confirmation." - A line in an appointment letter.

      Assumptions:

      1. The performance of an individual generally is not known at the time of appointment offer.
      2. Generally an individual tries to prove his worth in the probation period.


    • Options
    • A. Only assumption I is implicit
    • B. Only assumption II is implicit
    • C. Either I or II is implicit
    • D. Neither I nor II is implicit
    • E. Both I and II are implicit
    • Discuss
    • 3. Sara lives in a large city on the East Coast. Her younger cousin Marlee lives in the Mid-west in a small town with fewer than 1,000 residents. Marlee has visited Sara several times during the past five years. In the same period of time, Sara has visited Marlee only once.

    • Options
    • A. Marlee likes Sara better than Sara likes Marlee.
    • B. Sara thinks small towns are boring.
    • C. Sara is older than Marlee.
    • D. Marlee wants to move to the East Coast.
    • Discuss
    • 4. Georgia is older than her cousin Marsha. Marsha's brother Bart is older than Georgia. When Marsha and Bart are visiting with Georgia, all three like to play a game of Monopoly. Marsha wins more often than Georgia does.

    • Options
    • A. When he plays Monopoly with Marsha and Georgia, Bart often loses.
    • B. Of the three, Georgia is the oldest.
    • C. Georgia hates to lose at Monopoly.
    • D. Of the three, Marsha is the youngest.
    • Discuss
    • 5. On weekends, Mr. Sanchez spends many hours working in his vegetable and flower gardens. Mrs. Sanchez spends her free time reading and listening to classical music. Both Mr. Sanchez and Mrs. Sanchez like to cook.

    • Options
    • A. Mr. Sanchez enjoys planting and growing vegetables.
    • B. Mr. Sanchez does not like classical music.
    • C. Mrs. Sanchez cooks the vegetables that Mr. Sanchez grows.
    • D. Mrs. Sanchez enjoys reading nineteenth century novels.
    • Discuss
    • 6. Statement: Unemployment allowance should be given to all unemployed Indian youth above 18 years of age.

      Assumptions:

      1. There are unemployed youth in India who needs monetary support.
      2. The government has sufficient funds to provide allowance to all unemployed youth.


    • Options
    • A. Only assumption I is implicit
    • B. Only assumption II is implicit
    • C. Either I or II is implicit
    • D. Neither I nor II is implicit
    • E. Both I and II are implicit
    • Discuss
    • 7. Statement: "If you trouble me, I will slap you." - A mother warns her child.

      Assumptions:

      1. With the warning, the child may stop troubling her.
      2. All children are basically naughty.


    • Options
    • A. Only assumption I is implicit
    • B. Only assumption II is implicit
    • C. Either I or II is implicit
    • D. Neither I nor II is implicit
    • E. Both I and II are implicit
    • Discuss
    • 8. Statement: The State government has decided to appoint four thousand primary school teachers during the next financial year.

      Assumptions:

      1. There are enough schools in the state to accommodate four thousand additional primary school teachers.
      2. The eligible candidates may not be interested to apply as the government may not finally appoint such a large number of primary school teachers.


    • Options
    • A. Only assumption I is implicit
    • B. Only assumption II is implicit
    • C. Either I or II is implicit
    • D. Neither I nor II is implicit
    • E. Both I and II are implicit
    • Discuss
    • 9. Statement: A warning in a train compartment - "To stop train, pull chain. Penalty for improper use Rs. 500."

      Assumptions:

      1. Some people misuse the alarm chain.
      2. On certain occasions, people may want to stop a running train.


    • Options
    • A. Only assumption I is implicit
    • B. Only assumption II is implicit
    • C. Either I or II is implicit
    • D. Neither I nor II is implicit
    • E. Both I and II are implicit
    • Discuss
    • 10. Statement: If it is easy to become an engineer, I don't want to be an engineer.

      Assumptions:

      1. An individual aspires to be professional.
      2. One desires to achieve a thing which is hard earned.


    • Options
    • A. Only assumption I is implicit
    • B. Only assumption II is implicit
    • C. Either I or II is implicit
    • D. Neither I nor II is implicit
    • E. Both I and II are implicit
    • Discuss


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