Statement and Assumption Questions

• Statement: " Strict action would be taken against the Municipal Corporation of Delhi employees if found guilty of connivance in illegal encroachments."-- The new Municipal Commissioner. Assumptions: I. Some employees of MCD indulge in corruption. II. The warning given by Municipal Commissioner will minimise corruption.
• Statement: Thick milk does not mean high-quality milk ---Issued in public interest by a reputed milk company. Assumptions: I. There is misconception among the people that thick milk is good. II. Some companies are producing adulterated thick milk.
• Statement: Citizens and nations reveal their character by the way they treat their elderly and the disabled. Assumptions: I. Elderly and disabled are the most respectable in society. II. Elderly and disabled are the people who need help of the society.
• Statement: Unemployment has increased in spite of the Indian economy growing well. Assumptions: I. Economic growth is supposed to create more job opportunities. II. There are certain factors other than economic growth which influence employment.
• Statement: It is not unknown in India that inquiry reports, usually compiled with considerable care, are shelved and forgotten as soon as the initial outrage dies down. Assumptions: I. The credibility of inquiry reports has considerably gone down in India. II. Inquiry reports in India are never implemented up to the expectations of the victims of a crisis.
• Statement: India is suffering because citizens have given and taken votes based on caste/religion and not principles. Assumptions: I. The day of value-based voting are numbered in India. II. The voting based on principles has the potential to nullify the problems created by the politics of caste and religion.
• Statement: "Our population is now 100 cr. Let's have small family for stronger India."----a nasal message sent by the MTNL. Assumptions: I. Public messages sent through communication media are effective tools to achieve the desired end. II. The runaway population growth seems to be a major cause of worry for the government.
• Statement: People of Indian Origin (PIO) maintain their cultural traditions and values even though they have settled comfortably in their adopted countries. Assumptions: I. Indian culture is flexible enough to be adjusted with any other culture. II. Indian culture is superior to other cultures.
• Statement: DTC authorities have planned to advertise various products on bus tickets to put them to good use. Assumptions: I. Passengers will read the advertisement printed on tickets. II. DTC authorities will get advertisement under this proposal.
• Statement: The parents of students are demonstrating at Legislative Council to protest against fee hike revision by the capital's educational institutions. Assumptions: I. The parents are unable to afford increased fee. II. In view of large-scale protestation Legislative Council may direct the capital's educational institutions to stop the fee hike.
• Statement: " All the State Govts and UTs should go for compulsory video-filming of the post -mortem examinations in the cases of custodial deaths." ---National Human Right Commission. Assumptions: I. Doctors sometimes give false post-mortem report in case of custodial deaths. II. The Kith and Kin of the victims do not get justice for custodial violence.
• Statement: Income in the hands of women contributes much more to the household food security and child nutrition then the income controlled by men. Assumptions: I. Women pay more attention to household nutrition. II. Men are more interested in outside affairs.
• Statement: "The state's executive machinery should take all necessary measures to stop hazardous and poisonous effluents from being discharged into Yamuna."--A court order Assumptions: I. The water of Yamuna is contaminated. II. State machinery has failed to take adequate measures to prevent the problem of water pollution in Yamuna.
• Statement: If betting and match- fixing play a vital role in cricket , which makes the game ungentlemanly and ugly, there is absolutely no use of wasting precious time to watch the game of cricket which cheats the innocent. Assumptions: I. This contagious disease may spray to other games. II. Cricketers indulge in betting and match-fixing, and are exploiting innocent public feelings.
• Statement: Metropolises might provide everything----education, jobs and a good lifestyle---- but they score miserably when it comes to life's basic necessities. Assumptions: I. The speaker is talking about irregular water and electricity supply. II. A large number of people in metros are still deprived of life's basic necessities.
• Statement: If you lose after competing hard that's fine. If you lose without trying hard, that's what disappoints me. Assumptions: I. Losing after trying hard is excusable. II. Lousing without effort is regrettable.
• Statement: Poverty persists under conditions where human resource is undervalued, and land and other material resources are overvalued. Assumptions: I. Poverty can be eradicated by enhancing the human resource value. II. There should be a balance between the valuation of human and material resources.
• Statement: In India that is short of nearly every essential commodity, there is only one product that we stock in excess: ministers. Assumptions: I. The more the number of ministers the easier it is to stock larger commodities. II. The strength of ministry should be reduced.
• Statement: Courts are no longer cathedrals. They are casinos where the throw of the dice matters. Assumptions: I. Nowadays, the courts do not provide justice to deserving people. II. The courts are not fulfilling the objective for which they were established.
• Statement: Though the Indians have returned from a disastrous tour, they should not be written off. Assumptions: I. In past, Indians had excellent tour. II. In future, Indians may perform excellently as they did in past.