Practice Type 1 section 5 mcqs - verbal reasoning Online Quiz (set-1) For All Competitive Exams

DIRECTIONS:

In each question be low 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.

Give your answer as;

  1. if only assumption I is implicit.
  2. if only assumption II is implicit.
  3. if either I or II is implicit.
  4. if neither I nor II is implicit.
  5. if both I and II are implicit.

Q-1)   Statement:
The Parent Teacher Association (PTA) of a school has informed the Principal that they will not send their children to the school unless the school authority reduces the fees with immediate effect..
Assumptions:
I. Majority of the parents may agree with the PTA and may not send their wards to the school.
II. The school authority may accede to the demand of the PTA and reduce the fees.

(a)

(b)

(c)

(d)

(e)

Explanation:

I is a root cause, II is a desired effect


DIRECTIONS:

In each question be low 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.

Give your answer as;

  1. if only assumption I is implicit.
  2. if only assumption II is implicit.
  3. if either I or II is implicit.
  4. if neither I nor II is implicit.
  5. if both I and II are implicit.

Q-2)   Statement:
Mohan tell Nita, "Let us meet over lunch tomorrow."
Assumptions:
I. Luch timings are known to both.
II. Both are aware of the venue for lunch.

(a)

(b)

(c)

(d)

(e)

Explanation:

By close observation we can say that both I and II are implicit.


DIRECTIONS:

In each question be low 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.

Give your answer as;

  1. if only assumption I is implicit.
  2. if only assumption II is implicit.
  3. if either I or II is implicit.
  4. if neither I nor II is implicit.
  5. if both I and II are implicit.

Q-3)   Statement:
Job rotation helps employees to get an overview of the organization.
Assumptions:
I. Job rotations is only method to get an overview of the organization
II. It is required to have an overview of the organisation.

(a)

(b)

(c)

(d)

(e)

Explanation:

'Only' word makes the assumption weak. IInd assumption is implicit


DIRECTIONS:

In each question be low 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.

Give your answer as;

  1. if only assumption I is implicit.
  2. if only assumption II is implicit.
  3. if either I or II is implicit.
  4. if neither I nor II is implicit.
  5. if both I and II are implicit.

Q-4)   Statement:
“We do not know why government is saying an agreement has been reached on the issue of proposed dilution of government holding in the joint sector automobile company, when neither party is, however, willing to divulge details of the proposed rights issue.”
— Senior representative of Company ‘Y’.
Assumptions:
I. An agreement is said to be reached only when both the parties divulge details of the relevant issues.
II. Government makes people fool by false representation.

(a)

(b)

(c)

(d)

(e)

Explanation:

I is not implicit. In fact, the statement assumes that it’s no use saying that an agreement has been reached as long as the details are not divulged. II is distorting the statement too much.


DIRECTIONS:

In each question be low 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.

Give your answer as;

  1. if only assumption I is implicit.
  2. if only assumption II is implicit.
  3. if either I or II is implicit.
  4. if neither I nor II is implicit.
  5. if both I and II are implicit.

Q-5)   Statement:
‘Only candidates having B. Tech., B.E., MBA and MCA with at least one year’s exposure to software will be considered for admission to our course’ - Admission criterion of a reputed software training institute.
Assumptions:
I. The candidates having requisite background are likely to complete the course successfully.
II. The institute is choosy about admitting candidates to its courses.

(a)

(b)

(c)

(d)

(e)

Explanation:

I is implicit. That is why the demand for qualification and experience. II is also implicit. Unless the institute were choosy, it would have welcomed one and all, without imposing any restrictions.


DIRECTIONS:

In each question be low 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.

Give your answer as;

  1. if only assumption I is implicit.
  2. if only assumption II is implicit.
  3. if either I or II is implicit.
  4. if neither I nor II is implicit.
  5. if both I and II are implicit.

Q-6)   Statement:
If farmers want to improve their yield, they must use organic fertilizers in place of chemical fertilizers.
Assumptions:
I.Chemical fertilizers have certain ill effects on health.
II.Chemical fertilizers do not produce as much yield as the organic fertilizers.

(a)

(b)

(c)

(d)

(e)

Explanation:

I is not implicit because health is not the focus of the statement. II is implicit in the very need for substitution.


DIRECTIONS:

In each question be low 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.

Give your answer as;

  1. if only assumption I is implicit.
  2. if only assumption II is implicit.
  3. if either I or II is implicit.
  4. if neither I nor II is implicit.
  5. if both I and II are implicit.

Q-7)   Statement:
“Before you hire a domestic help, get his/ her background verified through us. Your family’s safety depends on this simple step.”
— City police
Assumptions:
I. Police verification of domestic help is an effective step in crime prevention.
II. Verification of people’s domestic help’s antecedents is a simple process.

(a)

(b)

(c)

(d)

(e)

Explanation:

The request made by the city police to common people implies that the city police assumes that the verification of domestic help is necessary to put a tab on increasing rate of crime.

Hence, I is implicit. Assumption II is also implicit. If it is a “simple step”, the process involved must be simple.


DIRECTIONS:

In each question be low 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.

Give your answer as;

  1. if only assumption I is implicit.
  2. if only assumption II is implicit.
  3. if either I or II is implicit.
  4. if neither I nor II is implicit.
  5. if both I and II are implicit.

Q-8)   Statement:
The management of XYZ Pvt. Ltd. Asked the workers’ union to call off the strike immediately otherwise the management would be forced to close down the factory
Assumptions:
I. No alternative other than closing down the factory is left for the management of XYZ Pvt. Ltd
II. Such a threat may have some effect on the workers’ union

(a)

(b)

(c)

(d)

(e)

Explanation:

Such a warning is usually given to the workers to threaten them that they would lose their job and income forever if they didn’t mend their ways.

So, only II is implicit


DIRECTIONS:

In each question be low 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.

Give your answer as;

  1. if only assumption I is implicit.
  2. if only assumption II is implicit.
  3. if either I or II is implicit.
  4. if neither I nor II is implicit.
  5. if both I and II are implicit.

Q-9)   Statement:
“Buy ‘X’ washing machine and win a free trip to the Asian Games in Korea.”
— An advertisement of a product in India.
Assumptions:
I. Most of the people do not want to wash the clothes manually.
II. Free trips to the Asian Games in Korea will give good entertainment to the buyers.

(a)

(b)

(c)

(d)

(e)

Explanation:

I may or may not be an assumption. Advertisement of a product is done keeping in mind that there must be some buyers.

Hence, I is not implicit due to the word ‘Most’. But since the objective of the advertisement is to attract customers by giving them a chance of free trip to Asian Games, the speaker must be assuming II. Otherwise, why will people prefer a free trip to a foreign country?


DIRECTIONS:

In each question be low 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.

Give your answer as;

  1. if only assumption I is implicit.
  2. if only assumption II is implicit.
  3. if either I or II is implicit.
  4. if neither I nor II is implicit.
  5. if both I and II are implicit.

Q-10)   Statement:
“Traffic police will be provided with alcometers to identify drunken drivers.”
— Police chief.
Assumptions:
I. So many accidents take place everyday because of drunken drivers.
II. Alcometers is a machine which can identify the drunken persons very easily.

(a)

(b)

(c)

(d)

(e)

Explanation:

The move to make use of alcometers must have been necessitated because of the large number of accidents.

Hence I is implicit. II is implicit from the fact that it will identify drunken drivers.