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Statement - Assumptions Questions and Answers

Important Instructions
Direction for [ Question No: 121 To 130 ] :

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.

121.

Statement: The district administration has issued a circular to all the farmers under its jurisdiction advising them for not using pesticides indiscriminately as it may pollute the ground water.

Assumptions:

1. People may stop using ground water if the farmers continue to use pesticides indiscriminately.

2. Farmers may refrain from using pesticides indiscriminately.

Answer: B

The district administration has issued a circular to make the farmers aware of hazards that indiscriminate use of pesticides poses to ground water and plead them to refrain from the same. So, II is implicit. However, I cannot be assumed from the given statement and so it is not implicit.

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122.

Statement: The coffee powder of company X is quite better in taste than the much advertised coffee of company Y.

Assumptions:

1. If your product is not good, your spend more on advertisement.

2. Some people are tempted to buy a product by the advertisement.

Answer: B

Since the statement holds the product of company X more superior in quality than that of Y which spends more on advertisement, so I is not implicit. According to the statement, the product of company Y is more known because of more advertisement. So, II is implicit.

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123.

Statement: Of all the radio sets manufactured in India, the 'X' brand has the largest sale.

Assumptions:

1. The sale of all the radio sets manufactured in India is known.

2. The manufacturing of no other radio set in India is as large as 'X' brand radio.

Answer: A

Clearly, the comparison could not be made without knowing the sale of all the radio sets. So, I is implicit. The statement mentions only that the sale is largest and nothing is mentioned about the manufacture. So, II is not implicit.

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124.

Statement: "You should not grant him leave in this week due to exigency of work." - A supervisor advises the administrative officer.

Assumptions:

1. Request for leave can be turned down also.

2. The supervisor has reviewed the work required to be done during the said period.

Answer: E

Correct answer: Both I and II are implicit

Advising that leave be refused presupposes that a request for leave can be refused - assumption I - and that the supervisor has looked at the work due in that period, else the advice would rest on nothing. Both are implicit.

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125.

Statement: Like a mad man, I decided to follow him.

Assumptions:

1. I am not a mad man.

2. I am a mad man.

Answer: C

Correct answer: Either I or II is implicit

To say one acted “like a mad man” is to compare oneself with one, and such a comparison implies a view either way - that one is not really mad, or that one is. Which of the two is meant the sentence does not settle. Either I or II is implicit.

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126.

Statement: The first step in treating addicts is to re-establish their lost ties, for which a continuous personal attention should be paid to the addicts under treatment.

Assumptions:

1. Addicts under treatment respond better when shown personal interest.

2. Addiction and strained relationships are intimately connected.

Answer: E

Clearly, treatment of addiction requires personal attention as the first step. So, I is implicit. Also, since intimacy and personal attention are required to treat addicts, it implies that addiction arises out of frustration due to strained relationships. So, II is also implicit.

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127.

Statement: Beware of dogs, our dogs do not bark, but they are trained to distinguish between genuine guests and intruders.

Assumptions:

1. Barking dogs bite rarely.

2. Our dogs could be dangerous for intruders.

Answer: B

Correct answer: Only assumption II is implicit

The notice warns visitors, which only makes sense if the dogs are a danger to those who have no business there - assumption II. Assumption I, a general claim about barking dogs, is not what the warning rests on. Only II is implicit.

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128.

Statement: Because of the large number of potholes in road X, reaching airport in time has become difficult.

Assumptions:

1. Reaching airport in time may not be always necessary.

2. There is no other convenient road to the airport.

Answer: B

The statement presents the issue of 'not reaching airport in time' as a problem. This means that reaching airport in time is necessary. So, I is not implicit. Besides, it is mentioned that reaching airport in time has become difficult due to large number of potholes in road X. This implies that road X is the only possible way. So, II is implicit.

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129.

Statement: Safety and health practices in many Indian companies are well below the international standards.

Assumptions:

1. International standards of health and safety are ideal and unrealistic.

2. Indian organizations do not consider safety and health management as their prime social responsibility.

Answer: B

The statement talks about the safety and health practices in Indian companies being far below international standards. It is clearly a criticism of Indian organizations not paying considerable attention to these aspects. So, II is implicit. The international standards demand perfection and are, in no way, non-achievable. So, I is not implicit.

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130.

Statement: Greater public participation results in good civic governance. - Statement of Municipal Commissioner of City A.

Assumptions:

1. The municipal office is not competent to effect good civic administration.

2. Good civic governance is a matter of collective will and effort of the people and administration.

Answer: B

The statement stresses on the fact that though civic governance is the task of the municipal body, but all the tasks done come out to be more fruitful if the general public lends a helping hand in the same. So, only II is implicit.

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