Statement: The first step in treating addicts is to re-establish their lost ties, for which a continuous personal attention should be paid to the addicts under treatment.
Assumptions:
Addicts under treatment respond better when shown personal interest.
Addiction and strained relationships are intimately connected.
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
Both I and II are implicit
Explanation
Clearly, treatment of addiction requires personal attention as the first step. So, I is implicit. Also, since intimacy and personal attention are required to treat addicts, it implies that addiction arises out of frustration due to strained relationships. So, II is also implicit.
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1. Statement: Like a mad man, I decided to follow him.
Clearly, the comparison could not be made without knowing the sale of all the radio sets. So, I is implicit. The statement mentions only that the sale is largest and nothing is mentioned about the manufacture. So, II is not implicit.
4. Statement: The coffee powder of company X is quite better in taste than the much advertised coffee of company Y.
Assumptions:
If your product is not good, your spend more on advertisement.
Some people are tempted to buy a product by the advertisement.
Since the statement holds the product of company X more superior in quality than that of Y which spends more on advertisement, so I is not implicit. According to the statement, the product of company Y is more known because of more advertisement. So, II is implicit.
5. Statement: The district administration has issued a circular to all the farmers under its jurisdiction advising them for not using pesticides indiscriminately as it may pollute the ground water.
Assumptions:
People may stop using ground water if the farmers continue to use pesticides indiscriminately.
Farmers may refrain from using pesticides indiscriminately.
The district administration has issued a circular to make the farmers aware of hazards that indiscriminate use of pesticides poses to ground water and plead them to refrain from the same. So, II is implicit. However, I cannot be assumed from the given statement and so it is not implicit.
6. Statement: Beware of dogs, our dogs do not bark, but they are trained to distinguish between genuine guests and intruders.
The statement clearly warns the visitors to beware of dogs as they are trained to welcome the guests and intruders differently. So, II is implicit. I is vague and hence, it is not implicit.
7. Statement: Because of the large number of potholes in road X, reaching airport in time has become difficult.
Assumptions:
Reaching airport in time may not be always necessary.
The statement presents the issue of 'not reaching airport in time' as a problem. This means that reaching airport in time is necessary. So, I is not implicit. Besides, it is mentioned that reaching airport in time has become difficult due to large number of potholes in road X. This implies that road X is the only possible way. So, II is implicit.
8. Statement: Safety and health practices in many Indian companies are well below the international standards.
Assumptions:
International standards of health and safety are ideal and unrealistic.
Indian organizations do not consider safety and health management as their prime social responsibility.
The statement talks about the safety and health practices in Indian companies being far below international standards. It is clearly a criticism of Indian organizations not paying considerable attention to these aspects. So, II is implicit. The international standards demand perfection and are, in no way, non-achievable. So, I is not implicit.
9. Statement: Greater public participation results in good civic governance. - Statement of Municipal Commissioner of City A.
Assumptions:
The municipal office is not competent to effect good civic administration.
Good civic governance is a matter of collective will and effort of the people and administration.
The statement stresses on the fact that though civic governance is the task of the municipal body, but all the tasks done come out to be more fruitful if the general public lends a helping hand in the same. So, only II is implicit.
10. Statement: The regulatory authority has set up a review committee to find out the reasons for unstable stock prices.
Assumptions:
The investors may regain confidence in stock market by this decision.
The review committee has the expertise to find out the causes for volatility in the stock market.
Clearly, I mentions the aim for which the step talked about in the statement, has been undertaken while II mentions the essential requirement for it. So, both I and II are implicit.