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Statement - Assumptions Questions and Answers

Important Instructions
Direction for [ Question No: 241 To 250 ] :

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.

241.

Statement: In spite of poor services, the commutators have not complained against it.

Assumptions:

1. Generally people do not tolerate poor services.

2. Complaints sometimes improve services.

Answer: A

Correct answer: Only assumption I is implicit

The words “in spite of” mark the absence of complaint as surprising, which presupposes that people do not usually put up with poor service - assumption I. Assumption II, about complaints improving matters, is not what the surprise rests on. Only I is implicit.

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242.

Statement: In Bombay, railway trains are indispensable for people in the suburbs to reach their places of work on time.

Assumptions:

1. Railway trains are the only mode of transport available in the suburbs of Bombay.

2. Only railway trains run punctually.

Answer: B

That the railway trains are indispensable for people to reach the place on time does not mean that there are no other means of transport but shows that trains alone run on time. So, I is not implicit and only II is implicit.

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243.

Statement: The government has decided to reduce its subsidy on LPG; however the subsidy on kerosene remains unchanged.

Assumptions:

1. Those people who buy LPG can afford to purchase LPG for a higher price.

2. Many people may stop buying LPG and instead use kerosene.

Answer: A

Clearly, the decision has been taken keeping in mind that the section of people using LPG can afford to pay a slightly higher price. The government does not want to affect the weakest sections who still use kerosene. So, only I is implicit, while II is not.

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244.

Statement: It is not true that the mightiest superpower always wins wars and gets accolades from other countries.

Assumptions:

1. Winners are sometimes admired and appreciated.

2. Winners are occasionally criticized.

Answer: E

The statement mentions that superpowers do win wars but their victory is not always applauded, but sometimes criticized as well in case the victory is an act of oppression of the weaker nation, and is not backed by a reasonable cause. So, both I and II are implicit.

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245.

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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246.

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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247.

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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248.

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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249.

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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250.

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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