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Statement - Assumptions Questions and Answers

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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: I can take you quickly from Kanpur to Lucknow by my cab but then you must pay me double the normal charges,

Assumptions:

1. Normally, it will take more time to reach Lucknow from Kanpur.

2. People want to reach quickly but they will not pay extra money for it

Answer: A

Since the narrator asks for double charges to take the person quickly to Lucknow, it implies that normally it takes more time to reach Lucknow. So, I is implicit. Since one demands extra charges to reach the destination earlier than usual, the person in need would have to pay accordingly. So, II is not implicit.

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122.

Statement: "I would like to study the impact of pay revision on job satisfaction of employees." - A tells B.

Assumptions:

1. Job satisfaction can be measured.

2. A has necessary competence to undertake such study.

Answer: E

Clearly, A wishes to study the degree of effect of pay revision on job satisfaction of employees. This means that job satisfaction can be measured and A is capable of making such a study. So, both I and II are implicit

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123.

Statement: "In the recently imposed war, global public opinion was dishonoured by the economically strong and scientifically advanced superpower."

Assumptions:

1. Superpowers need not take any heed of global public opinion.

2. Global public opinion must have been against the imposition of war

Answer: B

Since discard of public opinion has invited concern, it means that superpowers too are expected to heed public opinion. So, I is not implicit. Also, the statement mentions that war has been imposed and public opinion dishonoured. This implies that global public opinion was against the war. So, II is implicit

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124.

Statement: How is it that the village is not shown in this so-called official map of this district?

Assumptions:

1. The official district map is expected to show all the villages of that district.

2. This is not an authentic and official map

Answer: E

Correct answer: Both I and II are implicit

The complaint presupposes that an official map should show every village of the district - assumption I - and the words “so-called official” carry the speaker’s doubt of its authenticity, which is assumption II. Both are implicit.

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125.

Statement: The cost of living has gone up in India.

Assumptions:

1. The price of essential commodities has gone up in recent times.

2. Many luxury goods are available in plenty in the country

Answer: E

Correct answer: Both I and II are implicit

A rise in the cost of living is a rise in the price of what people must buy - assumption I - and the phrase is used of the ordinary household’s outlay, so the availability of goods in the market is taken as given, which is assumption II. Both are implicit.

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126.

Statement: No budgetary provision for the purpose of appointing additional faculty would be made in the context of institute's changed financial priorities.

Assumptions:

1. Appointment of faculty requires funds.

2. There are areas other than appointment of faculty which require more financial attention.

Answer: E

The phrase 'budgetary provision for the purpose of appointing additional faculty' makes I implicit. Also, since no budgetary provision was provided for appointment of faculty in view of certain changed financial priorities, it means that some other issues require more financial attention. So, II is also implicit

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127.

Statement: The economic condition of the country has gone from bad to worse.

Assumptions:

1. The government has failed to tackle economic problems.

2. People are not cooperating with the government.

Answer: A

Correct answer: Only assumption I is implicit

To report the economy as worsening is, in this context, to lay it at the door of those responsible for managing it - assumption I. Assumption II blames the public, which the statement neither says nor requires. Only I is implicit.

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128.

Statement: Science is a sort of news agency comparable in principle to other new agencies. But this news agency gives us information which is reliable to an extraordinary high degree due to elaborate techniques of verification and its capacity to survive centuries. So, science should be read with as much interest as we read news.

Assumptions:

1. Science encourages investigative spirit.

2. People read news out of interest.

Answer: E

Correct answer: Both I and II are implicit

The argument rests on both: that science’s methods of verification make its reports trustworthy, and that having lasted for centuries is itself a mark of that reliability - the two grounds on which the comparison with a news agency is pressed. Both are implicit.

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129.

Statement: Deepak has a large collection of books and he keeps on purchasing new books to add to his collection.

Assumptions:

1. Deepak loves and cares for books.

2. Deepak has read each and every book that he has purchased

Answer: A

The statement clearly reflects Deepak's exceptional interest in books. So, I is implicit. However, how many books of his collection he has gone through, cannot be deduced from the statement. Thus, II is not implicit.

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130.

Statement: An advertisement in a newspaper - "Wanted unmarried, presentable, matriculate girls between 18 and 21, able to speak fluently in English to be taken as models."

Assumptions:

1. Fluency in English is a pre-requisite for good performance as a model.

2. Height does not matter in performing as a model.

Answer: A

Correct answer: Only assumption I is implicit

Fluency in English is set as a condition, which presupposes that it matters for the work - assumption I. Assumption II is about height, which the advertisement does not mention at all. Only I is implicit.

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