Statement and Assumption Questions

• Critical Reasoning — Assumptions Statement: “Items in big showrooms in main markets are costlier than similar items in small shops.” Assumptions to evaluate: I. Items in small shops are never reliable. II. People managing big showrooms are cheats. III. Maintaining big showrooms is expensive, hence prices are a little higher.
• Critical Reasoning — Assumptions Statement: “India’s economic growth has come at a terrible price of increased industrial and vehicular pollution.” Assumptions to evaluate: I. Pollution is a by-product of industrial society. II. India’s economic growth is based only on industrial growth. III. A country seeks economic growth but prefers side effects to remain manageable.
• Critical Reasoning — Assumptions Statement: “The Government of India has set up one-stop facilitation counters, manned by trained staff, to attend to various needs of foreign tourists at all international airports.” Assumptions to evaluate: I. Adequate trained staff is available to man these counters in shifts. II. These counters will help boost the inflow of foreign tourists. III. A majority of foreign tourists require a variety of services on arrival in India.
• Critical Reasoning — Assumptions Statement: “Work hard to be successful in the examinations.” — A advises B. Assumptions to evaluate: I. B will listen to A’s advice. II. Passing the examination is desirable. III. Hard practice leads to success.
• Critical Reasoning — Assumptions Advertisement: “Join X-tuition classes for sure success. Excellent teaching by excellent teachers is our strength.” Assumptions to evaluate: I. Sure success is desirable to students and parents. II. Students expect sure success when they join any tuition class. III. Having excellent teachers alone does not ensure success.
• Critical Reasoning — Assumptions Statement: “Wars must be discouraged vehemently even if a majority of the victims might have been a nuisance to peace-loving people.” Assumptions to evaluate: I. Wars kill a majority of wicked people. II. Innocent people are also killed in wars. III. Vehement opposition to wars can have some desirable impact.
• Critical Reasoning — Assumptions Advertisement (photo studio): “If you are beautiful, we will capture your beauty. If you are not, we will make you beautiful.” Assumptions to evaluate: I. How to look beautiful is a problem primarily faced by youngsters. II. A photograph can look beautiful even if the person is not naturally beautiful. III. People like to be considered beautiful.
• Critical Reasoning — Assumptions Statement: “Given the recent spurt in sugar prices in the open market, the government has asked dealers to release a vast quantity of imported sugar into the market.” Assumptions to evaluate: I. Dealers will comply with the government directive. II. Releasing more sugar will reduce prices. III. The price of indigenous sugar will remain unchanged.
• Critical Reasoning — Assumptions Statement: “During the pre-harvest kharif season, the government has decided to release a vast quantity of food grains from FCI.” Assumptions to evaluate: I. There may be a shortage of food grains in the market during this season. II. The upcoming kharif crop may replenish FCI stocks after harvest. III. Farmers may demand immediate procurement of the kharif crop right after harvest.
• Critical Reasoning — Implicit Assumptions Advertisement claim: “The simplest and most cost-effective way to upgrade your home: exchange your old furniture and get 25%–33% off on new furniture.”
• Critical Reasoning — Implicit Assumptions General claim: “Everybody loves reading adventure stories.”
• Critical Reasoning — Implicit Assumptions Policy suggestion: “Delink degrees with jobs; then boys will think twice before joining colleges.”
• Critical Reasoning — Implicit Assumptions Observation: “In spite of the heavy rains, the traffic has not been disrupted this year.”
• Critical Reasoning — Implicit Assumptions Decision: “The company will increase the price of all its products to tackle its precarious financial position.”
• Critical Reasoning — Implicit Assumptions Pricing notice: “To reduce the gap between income and expenditure, the company will increase the price of its product from next month.”
• Critical Reasoning — Implicit Assumptions System critique: “Several labour and industrial courts have no proper premises; vacancies of judges and stenos are pending.” — Statement of a retired judge of State X
• Critical Reasoning — Implicit Assumptions Advertisement: “A rare opportunity to be a professional while you are at home.” — For computer-literate housewives
• Critical Reasoning — Implicit Assumptions Plan: “Pramod decided in May to get railway reservations for a July journey to Madras.”
• Critical Reasoning — Implicit Assumptions Consultant’s opinion: “To make the company commercially viable, urgently prune staff strength and borrow from financial institutions.”
• Critical Reasoning – Identify the Implicit Assumption(s) Statement: The Central Government has directed the State Governments to reduce government expenditure due to a serious resource crunch, and it may not sanction any additional grants to the states for the next six months. Assumptions: I. State Governments are totally dependent on the Central Government for their expenditures. II. The Central Government has reviewed the expenditure accounts of the State Governments. III. The State Governments will abide by the directive.