Statement and Assumption Easy Questions and Answers

Statement and Assumption

Direction: In each question below is given a statement followed by two assumption numbered I and II. An assumption is something supposed or taken for granted. You have to consider the statement and the following assumption and decide which of the assumption is implicit in the statement.

Statement:
" The days of ghazal can never be over."----A singer
Assumptions:
I. Aspiring singers should concentrate on ghazal rather than on pop.
II. Ghazal has been written off by many.

II is implicit by the very need of the singer to defend ghazal. I is not implicit because the singer does not compare ghazal to pop.

Correct Option: B

II is implicit by the very need of the singer to defend ghazal. I is not implicit because the singer does not compare ghazal to pop.

Statement:
"Railway wagons of Eastern Railway will carry your message."-- ad by Eastern Railway.
Assumptions:
I. Other railways are already in practice and earning profits.
II. The railway will get responses for the above ad.

Eastern Railway may be initiator of this practice. Hence I is not implicit. Assuming I, the Eastern Railway officials have advertised so.

Correct Option: B

Eastern Railway may be initiator of this practice. Hence I is not implicit. Assuming I, the Eastern Railway officials have advertised so.

Statement:
Order can be maintained only when law becomes enforceable. Law implies the corpus of rules or injunctions that need to be obeyed by one and all without exception.
Assumptions:
I. The acceptance of law by the people is a must for its effectiveness.
II. There is a section of people who are law unto themselves.

Because he is assuming I that is why he has used the term 'enforceable' in his statement. Speaker is assuming II; that is why he stressed that law should be obeyed by all without exception.

Correct Option: E

Because he is assuming I that is why he has used the term 'enforceable' in his statement. Speaker is assuming II; that is why he stressed that law should be obeyed by all without exception.

Statement:
Sanskrit is a 'dead' language and its study in school is obsolete.
Assumptions:
I. Sanskrit has no utility in our day-to-day life.
II. Schools should teach the students only such matters as are related to what they want to do in their lives.

Both are implicit. The term 'dead' clears speaker's intention.

Correct Option: E

Both are implicit. The term 'dead' clears speaker's intention.

Statement:
"In India, the wheels of justice hardly move."---An American newspaper
Assumptions:
I. Judicial process in India is dilatory, expensive, and beyond the reach of common people.
II. It is necessary for a civilised society to have a prompt judiciary.

The newspaper's view on the expensiveness of justice can't be guessed from the given statement. Hence I is not implicit. In assumption II, the term 'civilized society' twists his view.

Correct Option: D

The newspaper's view on the expensiveness of justice can't be guessed from the given statement. Hence I is not implicit. In assumption II, the term 'civilized society' twists his view.