Statement and Assumption
Direction: In each question below is given a statement followed by two assumptions numbered I and II. An assumption is something supposed or taken for granted. You have to consider the statement and the following assumptions and decide which of the assumptions is implicit in the statement.
- Statement:
"Women should be given vocational training in their work." - An advice
Assumptions:
I. Vocational training may increase efficiency of an individual.
II. Women are likely to get benefited from vocational training.
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Why does the person gives an advice to provide vocational training to women in work ? There must be a positive and constructive role of the training. Hence I is implicit. II is also implicit. Otherwise the training will be useless.
Correct Option: E
Why does the person gives an advice to provide vocational training to women in work ? There must be a positive and constructive role of the training. Hence I is implicit. II is also implicit. Otherwise the training will be useless.
- Statement:
Another strange thing I noticed last night was that the lights of the drawing room were on.
Assumptions:
I. A thief must have come in.
II. Usually, the drawing room lights are off at night.
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I is not an assumption. It is an inference being drawn out of the "strange thing". But assumption II is implicit. It is this departure from the usual that makes "last night" strange.
Correct Option: B
I is not an assumption. It is an inference being drawn out of the "strange thing". But assumption II is implicit. It is this departure from the usual that makes "last night" strange.
- Statement:
Owing to urgent repair on a main line from the Wazirabad waterworks, water supply will be at low pressure on Thursday.
Assumptions:
I. Repair impedes water supply.
II. Water can be had even on low pressure.
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I is implicit because of the cause-effect relationship. II is also implicit because a thing cannot happen unless it is possible.
Correct Option: E
I is implicit because of the cause-effect relationship. II is also implicit because a thing cannot happen unless it is possible.
- Statement:
I heard the news as soon as I woke up in the morning. I felt shattered.
Assumptions:
I. The incident took place before I woke up.
II. The news was shocking.
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Both I and II are implications, not assumptions. I and II are not that on which the statement is based but something that is implied by the statement.
Consider this statement: "I heard a shocking news and felt shattered." Then the assumption is: "Shocking news shatters a person."Correct Option: D
Both I and II are implications, not assumptions. I and II are not that on which the statement is based but something that is implied by the statement.
Consider this statement: "I heard a shocking news and felt shattered." Then the assumption is: "Shocking news shatters a person."
- Statement:
India's dismal performances in the World Cup notwithstanding, cricket betting is on in full swing in the country. - A news
Assumptions:
I. Dismal performances of India discourages betting business all over the world.
II. Bookies are making merry.
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I is not implicit because of its last portion, ie "all over the world". II is implicit since betting is on in full swing.
Correct Option: B
I is not implicit because of its last portion, ie "all over the world". II is implicit since betting is on in full swing.
