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  • Statement: Detergents should be used to clean clothes.

    Assumptions:

    1. Detergents form more lather.
    2. Detergents help to dislodge grease and dirt.


  • 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
    Nothing is mentioned about lather formation by the detergent. So, I is not implicit. Also, detergents should be used as they clean clothes better and more easily. So, II is implicit.

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    • 1. Statement: The Government has decided to levy 2 percent on the tax amount payable for funding drought relief programmes.

      Assumptions:

      1. The Government does not have sufficient money to fund drought relief programmes.
      2. The amount collected by way of surcharge may be adequate to fund these drought relief programmes.


    • 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: "The bridge was built at the cost of Rs. 128 crores and even civil bus service is not utilizing it, what a pity to see it grossly underutilized." - A citizen's view on a new flyover linking east and west sides of a suburb.

      Assumptions:

      1. The building of such bridges does not serve any public objective.
      2. There has to be some accountability and utility of money spent on public projects.


    • 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. Statement: The concession in rail fares for the journey to hill stations has been cancelled because it is not needed for people who can spend their holidays there.

      Assumptions:

      1. Railways should give concession only to needy persons.
      2. Railways should not encourage people to spend their holidays at hill stations.


    • 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
    • 4. 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
    • 5. 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
    • 6. Statement: It will be a substantial achievement in the field of education if one provides one school for every village in our country and enforce attendance.

      Assumptions:

      1. Children in villages do not attend school regularly.
      2. Providing school to every village is desirable.


    • 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: The government has decided to disinvest large chunk of its equity in select public sector undertakings for a better fiscal management.

      Assumptions:

      1. The amount generated out of the disinvestment process may reduce substantially the mounting fiscal deficits.
      2. There will be enough demand in the market for the shares of these undertakings.


    • 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: Never before such a lucid book was available on the topic.

      Assumptions:

      1. Some other books were available on this topic.
      2. You can write lucid books on very few topics.


    • 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: Please do not use lift while going down - an instruction on the top floor of a five-storey building.

      Assumptions:

      1. While going down, the lift is unable to carry any load.
      2. Provision of lift is a matter of facility and not of right.


    • 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: "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:

      1. Every customer has a right to get bills regularly from the telephone company.
      2. The customer's complaints point to defect in the services which are expected to be corrected.


    • 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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