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  • Statement: The X-Airlines has decided to increase the passenger fare by 15 percent with immediate effect.

    Assumptions:

    1. The demand for seats of X-Airlines may remain unchanged even after the hike of fare.
    2. Other airline companies may also hike the passenger fares.


  • 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 I is implicit 

    Explanation
    Clearly, such decisions are taken only after making sure that it will not affect the company's business adversely. So, I is implicit. However, the impact of this increase on other airlines cannot be ascertained. So, II is not implicit.

  • Statement and Assumption problems


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    • 1. Statement: Lack of stimulation in the first four or five years of life can have adverse consequences.

      Assumptions:

      1. A great part of the development of observed intelligence occurs in the earliest years of life
      2. 50 percent of the measurable intelligence at age of 17 is already predictable by the age of four.


    • 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: Cases of food poisoning due to consumption of liquor are increasing in rural areas.

      Assumptions:

      1. Percentage of people consuming liquor is more in rural areas.
      2. There are many unauthorized spurious liquor shops in the rural areas.


    • 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: Please note that the company will provide accommodation to only outside candidates if selected.' - A condition in an advertisement.

      Assumptions:

      1. The local candidates would be having some other arrangement for their stay.
      2. The company plans to select only local candidates.


    • 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: The regulatory authority has set up a review committee to find out the reasons for unstable stock prices.

      Assumptions:

      1. The investors may regain confidence in stock market by this decision.
      2. The review committee has the expertise to find out the causes for volatility in the stock market.


    • 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: Greater public participation results in good civic governance. - Statement of Municipal Commissioner of City A.

      Assumptions:

      1. The municipal office is not competent to effect good civic administration.
      2. Good civic governance is a matter of collective will and effort of the people and administration.


    • 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: Shalini made an application to the bank for a loan of Rs. 1,80,000 by mortgaging her house to the bank and promised to repay it within five years.

      Assumptions:

      1. The bank has a practice of granting loans for Rs. 1,00,000 and above.
      2. The bank accepts house as collateral security against such loans.


    • 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. Statements: In a one day cricket match, the total runs made by a team were 200. Out of these 160 runs were made by spinners.

      Conclusions:

      1. 80% of the team consists of spinners.
      2. The opening batsmen were spinners.


    • Options
    • A. Only conclusion I follows
    • B. Only conclusion II follows
    • C. Either I or II follows
    • D. Neither I nor II follows
    • E. Both I and II follow
    • Discuss
    • 8. Statements: The old order changed yielding place to new.

      Conclusions:

      1. Change is the law of nature.
      2. Discard old ideas because they are old.


    • Options
    • A. Only conclusion I follows
    • B. Only conclusion II follows
    • C. Either I or II follows
    • D. Neither I nor II follows
    • E. Both I and II follow
    • Discuss
    • 9. Statements: Government has spoiled many top ranking financial institutions by appointing bureaucrats as Directors of these institutions.

      Conclusions:

      1. Government should appoint Directors of the financial institutes taking into consideration the expertise of the person in the area of finance.
      2. The Director of the financial institute should have expertise commensurate with the financial work carried out by the institute.


    • Options
    • A. Only conclusion I follows
    • B. Only conclusion II follows
    • C. Either I or II follows
    • D. Neither I nor II follows
    • E. Both I and II follow
    • Discuss
    • 10. Statements: Population increase coupled with depleting resources is going to be the scenario of many developing countries in days to come.

      Conclusions:

      1. The population of developing countries will not continue to increase in future.
      2. It will be very difficult for the governments of developing countries to provide its people decent quality of life.


    • Options
    • A. Only conclusion I follows
    • B. Only conclusion II follows
    • C. Either I or II follows
    • D. Neither I nor II follows
    • E. Both I and II follow
    • Discuss


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