Statement - Assumptions Questions and Answers

Answer: A

That the meeting of the Governing Board will be held after one year means the Institute will be functioning at that time. So, I is implicit. The Board cannot be dissolved at the time" when its meeting starts. So, II is not implicit.

Answer: D

It is mentioned that entry only through main routes has been banned. So, I is not implicit. Besides, the entry has been banned to reduce the volume of traffic on roads and ease congestion. It could only be done at the entrances to the city and not within the city itself. So, congestion by the city vehicles is unavoidable. Hence, II is also not implicit.

Answer: A

Correct answer: Only assumption I is implicit

To say a good book sells even when dear is to distinguish good books from the rest - assumption I. Assumption II claims most books are costly, which the remark does not need: it speaks of the case where a book happens to be. Only I is implicit.

Answer: E

The fact that WHO has extended its assistance to India implies that government funding here is not adequate. So, II is implicit. Besides, WHO has decided to provide assistance to health programmes in India keeping in mind the considerably low per-capita expenditure on health. So, I is also implicit.

Answer: C

Correct answer: Either I or II is implicit

An assurance is given to quiet a fear, so some fear about the elections must be in the people’s minds - either that they will not be held at all, or that they will not be held on time. Which of the two the President is addressing the statement does not settle. Either I or II is implicit.

Answer: E

Correct answer: Both I and II are implicit

The recommendation rests on both: that personality bears on how a person performs the job - else there would be no point measuring it - and that an interview is capable of measuring it. Both are implicit.

Answer: E

The instructions have been given so that people willing to buy tickets may not form a crowd. So, I is implicit. Also, it is clear that people would purchase the tickets even after following the given instructions. So, II is also implicit.

Answer: E

The statement talks of the performance of children who get encouragement. It means that there are some children who are not encouraged. So, I is implicit. Also, the Principal notifies to the parents that encouragement helps children improve their performance, with the hope that they too would encourage their children. So, II is also implicit

Answer: A

The advice particularly mentions 'a specialist doctor' and not simply 'doctor'. So, I is implicit, B's response to A's advice cannot be deduced from the given statement. So, II is not implicit.

Answer: D

Correct answer: Neither I nor II is implicit

The statement says only that efforts are being made. Assumption I supplies a cause for a fall in tourism that is nowhere mentioned, and assumption II names a particular measure that is equally absent. Neither is implicit.