Statement - Assumptions Questions and Answers

Answer: E

Correct answer: Both I and II are implicit

Opening more collection centres presupposes that customers will find it convenient - assumption I - and that spreading the load will shorten the time they spend paying, which is assumption II. Both are implicit.

Answer: E

The forests shall be visited to increase the knowledge of natural resources. This means that forests abound in natural resources. So, I is implicit. The children are being taken to forests to help them learn more practically. So, II is also implicit.

Answer: E

According to the statement, the possibility of life on Mars cannot be ruled out. So, I is implicit. Also, the statement mentions that the planet should be explored to probe for any life present. So, II is also implicit.

Answer: B

Correct answer: Only assumption II is implicit

The claim of ten years’ longer life is offered as the reason for choosing these pipes, which sets them against the rest as the durable ones - assumption II. Assumption I, that people prefer only durable pipes, is stronger than the appeal requires. Only II is implicit.

Answer: E

The statement mentions that withdrawing tax relief on small savings schemes would help increase tax collection. This implies that the government would then earn tax on income derived from small savings schemes. So, I is implicit. Besides, II follows directly from the statement and so it is also implicit.

Answer: E

The notice is meant for the people to read. So, it is assumed that the people are literate and I is implicit. Since the notice is to be read by everyone entering the club, so it is assumed that no blind person comes to the club. Thus, II is implicit.

Answer: E

Clearly, instead of improving upon higher education we should focus on increasing literacy rate first.
Also more degree holders with the number of jobs remaining same will increase unemployment.
So both arguments are strong.

Answer: D

The key gives neither Assumption I nor II is implicit.

An assumption is implicit only if the statement would make no sense without it. The statement is a plain prohibition: retired persons should not be appointed to executive posts in other organisations. It gives no reason, so any reason a reader supplies is a guess about the writer's thinking, not something the sentence needs to take for granted.

Assumption I (retired persons may lack zeal and commitment) is one possible reason, but the same advice could rest on age, on keeping posts open for younger people or on possible conflicts of interest. Assumption II goes further and says that retired persons do not take interest in the work and welfare of the new organisation, a sweeping claim the statement does not need. Neither is required, so neither is implicit.

A reader could argue that Assumption I is the most natural reason and so is implied; the key takes the stricter reading, and this explanation follows the key.

Answer: A

Only assumption I is implicit. When a department instructs students to stop ragging on the premises, the person giving the instruction takes it for granted that the students are able to stop, that is, that they may stop ragging. Assumption I is therefore implied by the instruction. Assumption II says students may continue ragging. An instruction to stop is given so that it will not continue, and the statement does not assume that continuing is acceptable, so II is not an assumption of the statement. Since only I is implicit, the either-or and neither options are wrong.

Answer: C

The answer is Both I and II are implicit.

An assumption is implicit if the statement takes it for granted. By announcing the test well in advance, the teacher assumes students can use the time until then to prepare (I). By fixing the test for a particular Saturday, the teacher assumes the school will be open that day, since a test cannot be held in a closed school (II).

Both assumptions underlie the announcement, so options that accept only one, or neither, are wrong.