Statement - Assumptions Questions and Answers

Answer: A

Only assumption I is implicit.

A government makes loans cheaper to encourage borrowing, so the decision assumes that cheaper home loans will lead more people to take them. That is assumption I.

Assumption II does not follow. Cheaper loans increase demand for houses, which tends to push prices up rather than down, and in any case the statement says nothing about house prices. So the options with II implicit are wrong.

Answer: D

Neither assumption I nor II is strong.

The statement says only that every IIT offers both courses. It does not say that only IITs offer them, so assumption I is not implied, and many other engineering colleges and universities offer B.Tech. and M.Tech.

Nor does it say IITs offer nothing else, so assumption II is not implied either; IITs also run doctoral and other programmes. Both assumptions turn 'every IIT offers' into 'only' statements that the original does not make.

Answer: D

Neither assumption I nor II is strong.

The statement gives one cause for the rise in mobile gaming: data is readily available on mobile phones. It does not depend on people having a craze for mobile games, so assumption I is not needed; the rise could come simply from easier access.

It also makes no comparison with personal computers, so assumption II, that games are easier to obtain on mobiles than on a PC, is not something the statement takes for granted.

Answer: A

Only assumption I is strong.

The statement recommends book-reading because books provide comprehensive and detailed information about an issue. That reasoning takes for granted that books are a good resource for complete knowledge and learning, which is assumption I.

Assumption II may be true, but the statement does not rely on it: its reason is the information books provide, not any improvement in focus or analytical thinking. So the options including II are wrong.

Answer: A

Only assumption I is implicit.

Nobody warns against doing something that cannot be done, so a notice forbidding photocopying without permission assumes that the book can be photocopied. Assumption I is implicit.

The notice is a polite request ('Please do not ...') and mentions no penalty, so it does not assume that violators will be punished. Assumption II reads more into the words than they say.

Answer: D

Neither assumption I nor II is implicit.

Saying that pure ghee is good for health does not assume that all healthy people take ghee: people can be healthy for many other reasons, so assumption I is not implied.

Nor does it assume that sweets made with pure ghee are good for health. Sweets contain sugar and other ingredients, and the statement is about ghee alone, so assumption II extends it to something it does not cover.

Answer: A

The answer is Assumption I is strong.

If the alliance seeks to bring down the cost of producing solar power, it is implied that it will work on the factors that drive the cost, of which research and development, especially in efficient and cheap storage, is central.

Assumption II does not follow: lowering costs does not require members to be legally bound to raise generation, and the International Solar Alliance works through voluntary cooperation rather than binding targets. So only I is implicit.

Answer: A

The answer is Assumption I is strong.

A teacher who asks the class to keep a particular book obviously considers it a good, well-written book for the subject; otherwise there would be no reason to recommend it.

Assumption II is not implicit: the teacher may recommend the book without assuming every student can afford it (students may share copies or use the library). So only I is strong.

Answer: B

The advertisement depicts only the requirement, not the availability of flats in court area. So, I is not implicit. Such advertisements are given with the expectation of a response which can make such a flat available. So, II is implicit. Assumption III does not follow from the statement and so is not implicit

Answer: B

Clearly, the statement is made to impress the usefulness of the book. It does not mention the desire of a layman. So, I is not implicit. Also, the book is intended to guide one when a teacher is not available. So, both II and III are implicit.