In each question below is given a statement followed by two assumptions numbered I and II. You have to consider the statement and the following assumptions and decide which of the assumptions is implicit in the statement.
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Statement: Like a mad man, I decided to follow him.
Assumptions:
1. I am not a mad man.
2. I am a mad man.
Answer: C
Correct answer: Either I or II is implicit
To say one acted “like a mad man” is to compare oneself with one, and such a comparison implies a view either way - that one is not really mad, or that one is. Which of the two is meant the sentence does not settle. Either I or II is implicit.
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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:
1. Addicts under treatment respond better when shown personal interest.
2. Addiction and strained relationships are intimately connected.
Answer: E
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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Statement: Beware of dogs, our dogs do not bark, but they are trained to distinguish between genuine guests and intruders.
Assumptions:
1. Barking dogs bite rarely.
2. Our dogs could be dangerous for intruders.
Answer: B
Correct answer: Only assumption II is implicit
The notice warns visitors, which only makes sense if the dogs are a danger to those who have no business there - assumption II. Assumption I, a general claim about barking dogs, is not what the warning rests on. Only II is implicit.
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Statement: Because of the large number of potholes in road X, reaching airport in time has become difficult.
Assumptions:
1. Reaching airport in time may not be always necessary.
2. There is no other convenient road to the airport.
Answer: B
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.
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Statement: Safety and health practices in many Indian companies are well below the international standards.
Assumptions:
1. International standards of health and safety are ideal and unrealistic.
2. Indian organizations do not consider safety and health management as their prime social responsibility.
Answer: B
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.
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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.
Answer: B
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.
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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.
Answer: E
Correct answer: Both I and II are implicit
Setting up the committee presupposes that it is competent to find the causes - assumption II - and the point of announcing such a step is to reassure the market, which is assumption I. Both are implicit.
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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.
Answer: A
The statement mentions that the company intends to provide accommodation only to outside candidates. This means that local candidates would have to arrange accommodation on their own and that the company may select local as well as outside candidates. Thus, only I is implicit.
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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.
Answer: B
The statement talks of number of cases of food poisoning due to consumption of liquor and not of the number of cases consuming liquor. So, I is not implicit. Besides, the statement indicates that people in rural areas are getting spurious or low-grade liquor and no check is being kept on shops selling liquor there. So, II is implicit.
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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
Answer: A
Correct answer: Only assumption I is implicit
To warn that a lack of stimulation in the first years does lasting harm is to take for granted that much of a child’s intellectual development happens then - assumption I. Assumption II offers a precise figure the statement never mentions. Only I is implicit.
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