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31.

In the question below is given a statement followed by two conclusions numbered I and II.

Give answer

(A) If only I follows
(B) If only II follows
(C) If either I or II follows
(D) If neither I nor II follows
(E) If both I and II follow.

Statement - Adversity makes a man wise.

Conclusions -

I. The poor are wisest in the world.

II. One must learn from their experience.

Answer: B

Correct answer: Only II follows

If adversity teaches, then the lesson is to be taken from what one has been through, which is conclusion II. Conclusion I turns a general observation into a ranking, and a spurious one: poverty is one kind of adversity among many, and being wise is not the same as being wisest in the world.

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32.

In the question below is given a statement followed by two conclusions numbered I and II.

Give answer

(A) If only I follows
(B) If only II follows
(C) If either I or II follows
(D) If neither I nor II follows
(E) If both I and II follow.

Statement - Cactus plants have fleshy stem and require little water.

Conclusions -

I. All fleshy plants require less amount of water.

II. Cactus plants may be grown in places where water is not in abundance.

Answer: B

In this case, statement is made only about Cactus plants, not all plants. Hence, I does not follow.

Since, Cactus plants require less amount of water, they can be grown in places where water is not in abundance. So, II follows.

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33.

In the question below is given a statement followed by two conclusions numbered I and II.

Give answer

(A) If only I follows
(B) If only II follows
(C) If either I or II follows
(D) If neither I nor II follows
(E) If both I and II follow.

Statement - Add colours to life - Use ‘CAMLIN’ colours.  


Conclusions -

I. Catchy slogans do not attract people.

II. Water colours are preferred by people.

Answer: D

Correct answer: Neither I nor II follows

The slogan is an advertisement for one brand of colours. Conclusion I denies that catchy slogans attract people, which would make the advertisement pointless and is the reverse of what its existence suggests. Conclusion II names water colours specifically, a distinction the slogan never draws. Neither has any basis in what was said.

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34.

In the question below is given a statement followed by two conclusions numbered I and II.

Give answer

(A) If only I follows
(B) If only II follows
(C) If either I or II follows
(D) If neither I nor II follows
(E) If both I and II follow.

Statement - All men are mortal.

Conclusions -

I. All must die one day.
II. Death can come at any place, any time.

Answer: D

Correct answer: Only I follows

From the universal that all men are mortal it follows that every one of them must die, which is conclusion I - mortality means precisely that. Conclusion II asserts something quite different, that death is unpredictable in time and place. That may be true of the world, but it is not contained in the statement, which fixes only that death comes, not when or where.

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35.

Statement:

Quite independent of the global economic meltdown, India's neglect of its physical infrastructure has been a malaise demanding radical treatment.

Assumptions:

I. Radical treatment would reduce the adverse effects of global economic meltdown and India's neglect of its physical infrastructure.

II. Physical infrastructure is the base of high growth trajectory.

Answer: D

The author assumes that the Indian Government should have taken care of its physical infrastructure. Radical change is for physical infrastructure but not global economy. So, I is not an assumption.

In the statement nothing is stated about the growth rate. Hence II is irrelevant.

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36.

Statement:

Anger is energy, in a more proactive way and how to channelize it is in itself a skill.

Assumptions:

I. Anger needs to be channelized.

II. Only skillful people can channelize anger to energy.

Answer: B

In this the author has not clearly stated whether there is a need to channelize anger in to energy or not. So, I is irrelevant.

In the statement II it is given that channelizing anger to energy is a skill. Here the assumption of the author is that only those people who have the skill can channelize anger to energy.

Only II is implicit.

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37.

Statement:

The government may reduce the export duty on Basmati rice, in view of competition from Pakistan in the international market.

Assumptions:

I. Reduction in export duty leads to increase in exports.

II. Pakistan is an exporter of Basmati rice.

Answer: A

Here there is a competition in the market. To be a forerunner in the competition in exports one has to increase its exports. As government has reduced export duty under the assumption that the reduction in export duty will definitely help in increase in export quantity, hence, I is implicit. 

II is a conclusion, that can be drawn from the statement but is not an assumption. 

Only I is implicit.

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38.

Statement:

People of all ages have found us good people to grow with.

Assumptions:

I. People want to grow.

II. We are good people.

Answer: A

As in the statement the author says that there are people who are looking for good people to grow with, that means people want to grow. Hence, I is implicit.

According to the statement, people found these people to be good, but not the author by himself. Hence, II is not implicit.

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39.

Statement:

"Enjoy your challenges" - an advertisement of a car brand.

Assumptions:

I. People wish to enjoy challenges.

II. There are people who are willing to buy a car.

Answer: D

As the advertisement reads - enjoy challenges. It is as if an advise is given.

So, I is not implicit.

According to the statement people found these people to be good, but not the author by himself. Hence, II is not implicit. So, II is not implicit.

Neither I nor II is implicit.

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40.

Statement:

It glitters. So it is gold!!

Assumptions:

I. All that glitters is gold.

II. Glittering things are not gold.

Answer: A

In this statement, the author concludes that the glittering thing is gold. His reason for this conclusion is that "It glitters". This points to the fact that the author of this statement opines that only gold glitters and no other thing glitters. This opinion of the author can also be said to be his assumption. Hence (I) is an assumption. (II) is not an assumption as it contradicts the author's view.

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