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Statement - Assumptions Questions and Answers

Important Instructions
Direction for [ Question No: 171 To 180 ] :

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.

171.

Statement: To investigate the murder of the lone resident of a flat, the police interrogated the domestic servant, the watchman of the multi-storeyed buildings and the liftman.

Assumptions:

1. The domestic servant, watchman and the liftman can give a clue about the suspected murder.

2. Generally in such cases the persons known to the resident are directly or indirectly involved in the murder

Answer: A

Clearly, in such cases, the police interrogates the domestic servant, watchman and liftman to work out the sequence of events just before the murder by tracing the persons who had come to meet the victim. So, I is implicit However, it is erroneous to assume that persons known to the victim are generally involved in the murder. So, II is not implicit

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172.

Statement: The integrated steel plants in India would no longer have to depend on imports for continuous casting refractories.

Assumptions:

1. Continuous casting refractories are needed by India.

2. Continuous casting refractories are in demand.

Answer: E

The statement mentions the self-sufficiency of India in continuous casting refractories. This means that they are needed in the country. So, I is implicit. Since continuous casting refractories are needed in integrated steel plants, it means they are in demand. So, II is implicit.

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173.

Statement: The office building needs repairing just as urgently as it needs internal as well as external painting.

Assumptions:

1. Efficiency of people working in the office cannot be improved unless office building is repaired.

2. Repairing and painting of office building require funds.

Answer: D

Correct answer: Neither I nor II is implicit

The statement says only that the building needs repair as urgently as it needs painting. Assumption I brings in the efficiency of the staff, and assumption II a judgement about how the two jobs compare in importance - neither of which the comparison requires. Neither is implicit.

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174.

Statement: The private bus service in the city has virtually collapsed because of the ongoing strike of its employees.

Assumptions:

1. Going on strikes has become the right of every employee.

2. People no more require the services of private bus operators.

Answer: D

Correct answer: Neither I nor II is implicit

The statement reports the effect of a strike and nothing more. Assumption I turns striking into a right, and assumption II says the service is no longer wanted - which would contradict the point about collapse. Neither is implicit.

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175.

Statement: Neither fascism nor communism has any chance of succeeding in America.

Assumptions:

1. American people are strongly in favour of preserving the rights of the individual.

2. Americans have so far not suffered any pangs of poverty or deprivation.

Answer: A

Correct answer: Only assumption I is implicit

To say that neither creed can succeed in America is to suppose something in the country that resists both, and what both threaten is individual liberty - assumption I. Assumption II, about Americans never having known want, is not what the claim rests on. Only I is implicit.

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176.

Statement: Amongst newspapers, I always read the National Times.

Assumptions:

1. The National Times gives very comprehensive news.

2. Some people prefer other newspapers.

Answer: B

The statement does not mention any quality of the National Times. So, I is not implicit. According to the statement, amongst all newspapers, the narrator reads the National Times. This means that some people read other newspapers. So, II is implicit.

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177.

Statement: "Get rid of your past for future, get our new generation fridge at a discount in exchange of old"- An advertisement.

Assumptions:

1. The sales of the new fridge may increase in the coming months.

2. People prefer to exchange future with past.

Answer: E

Clearly, the scheme would encourage those owning an old fridge to go for a new one at a reasonable price without the hassles of disposing off the old one. So, I is implicit. Besides, an advertisement highlights that which appeals to masses and which customers crave for. So, II is also implicit.

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178.

Statement: The higher echelons of any organization are expected to be models of observational learning and should not be considered as merely sources of reward and punishments.

Assumptions:

1. Employees are likely to be sensitive enough to learn by observing the behaviour of their bosses.

2. Normally bosses are considered as sources of reward and punishment.

Answer: E

Correct answer: Both I and II are implicit

The recommendation rests on both: that employees do learn by watching those above them, and that the higher ranks can be something more than a source of rewards and penalties. Both are implicit.

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179.

Statement: The new education policy envisages major modifications in the education system.

Assumptions:

1. Present education system is inconsistent with national needs.

2. Present education system needs change.

Answer: E

Correct answer: Both I and II are implicit

Framing a policy of major modifications presupposes that the present system is out of keeping with what the country needs and that it therefore requires change - the two together are the ground of the new policy. Both are implicit.

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180.

Statement: "Fly X airways whenever you decide to go places. Our fares are less than train fares."- An advertisement.

Assumptions:

1. People prefer to travel by air when the fares are reasonable.

2. The fares of other airlines are costlier than those of X airways.

Answer: E

The advertisement highlights the fact that fares of X airways are less than train fares. This implies that people would prefer to travel by air rather than by train if they do not have to pay extra for it. So I is implicit. Besides, this feature also reveals that fares of X airways are lower than those of other airlines. So, II is also implicit.

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