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Statement - Assumptions Questions and Answers

Important Instructions
Direction for [ Question No: 101 To 110 ] :

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.

Give answer

  • (A) If only assumption I is implicit
  • (B) If only assumption II is implicit
  • (C) If either I or II is implicit
  • (D) If neither I nor II is implicit
  • (E) If both I and II are implicit.

101.

Statement: The government has decided to disinvest large chunk of its equity in select public sector undertakings for a better fiscal management.

Assumptions:

1. The amount generated out of the disinvestment process may reduce substantially the mounting fiscal deficits.

2. There will be enough demand in the market for the shares of these undertakings.

Answer: A

The fact given in I directly follows from the phrase '..... for a better fiscal management' in the statement. So, I is implicit. However, the public response to the new policy cannot be ascertained. So, II is not implicit.

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102.

Statement: Never before such a lucid book was available on the topic.

Assumptions:

1. Some other books were available on this topic.

2. You can write lucid books on very few topics.

Answer: A

It follows from the statement that books on this topic were available before also but they were not 'lucid'. So, I is implicit. But a general comment as II cannot be made from the given statement. So, II is not implicit.

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103.

Statement: Please do not use lift while going down - an instruction on the top floor of a five-storey building.

Assumptions:

1. While going down, the lift is unable to carry any load.

2. Provision of lift is a matter of facility and not of right.

Answer: B

The statement requests people not to use lift while moving down. This implies that the lift may be used to move up and the request has been made so that more people can use the lift for ascending which would otherwise cause more physical stress than going down the stairs. So, only II is implicit.

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104.

Statement: "I have not received telephone bills for nine months inspite of several complaints" - A telephone customer's letter to the editor of a daily

Assumptions:

1. Every customer has a right to get bills regularly from the telephone company.

2. The customer's complaints point to defect in the services which are expected to be corrected.

Answer: E

Correct answer: Both I and II are implicit

The complaint takes for granted both things: that a customer is entitled to regular bills - otherwise there would be no grievance - and that the complaints made were received by the company, else there would be nothing to reproach it with. Both are implicit.

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105.

Statement: "This drink can be had either as it is, or after adding ice to it." - An advertisement.

Assumptions:

1. People differ in their preferences.

2. Some people will get attracted to the drink as it can be had as it is.

Answer: E

The advertisement tells the different ways in which the drink can be had. This means that different people prefer to have it in a different way and that some people would prefer it only because it can be taken in a particular manner. So, both I and II are implicit.

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106.

Statement: Government has permitted unaided colleges to increase their fees.

Assumptions:

1. Unaided colleges are in financial difficulties.

2. Aided colleges do not need to increase fees.

Answer: A

Correct answer: Only assumption I is implicit

Permission to raise fees is given because the colleges need the money, so their financial difficulty is what the decision assumes - assumption I. Assumption II is about aided colleges, of which the statement says nothing. Only I is implicit.

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107.

Statement: Be humble even after being victorious.

Assumptions:

1. Many people are humble after being victorious.

2. Generally people are not humble.

Answer: B

Clearly, nothing is mentioned about the nature of the people. So, I is not implicit. Also, the statement gives an advice of being humble even after being victorious. This means that generally people are not humble. So, II is implicit

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108.

Statement: The government has decided to pay compensation to the tune of Rs. 1 lakh to the family members of those who are killed in railway accidents.

Assumptions:

1. The government has enough funds to meet the expenses due to compensation.

2. There may be reduction in incidents of railway accidents in near future.

Answer: A

Clearly, the amount of compensation must have been decided keeping in mind the monetary position of the Government. So, I is implicit. However, nothing can be said about the frequency of railway accidents in future. So, II is not implicit.

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109.

Statement: Films have become indispensable for the entertainment of people.

Assumptions:

1. Films are the only media of entertainment.

2. People enjoy films.

Answer: B

Correct answer: Only assumption II is implicit

To call films indispensable for entertainment presupposes that people take pleasure in them - assumption II. Assumption I goes much further, making films the only entertainment, which the statement does not require. Only II is implicit.

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110.

Statement: Of all the newspapers published in Mumbai, readership of the "Times" is the largest in the Metropolis.

Assumptions:

1. 'Times' is not popular in mofussil areas.

2. 'Times' has the popular feature of cartoons on burning social and political issues.

Answer: D

Correct answer: Neither I nor II is implicit

The statement compares the readership of newspapers within Mumbai, and nothing more. Assumption I is about the mofussil areas, which are outside that comparison, and assumption II offers a reason for the paper’s popularity that the statement never gives. Neither is implicit.

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