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Directions:
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 and
    (e) if both I and II are implicit.

The following question based on statement & assumptions topic of verbal reasoning

Questions :
  • Statement:
  • If he is intelligent, he will pass the examination.
  • Assumptions:
  • I. To pass, he must be intelligent.
  • II. He will pass the examination.

(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 and

e) If both I and II are implicit.

The correct answers to the above question in:

Answer: (a)

The statement mentions that he will pass If he is intelligent. So I is implicit.

Further, this means that it is not necessary that he will pass. So, II is not implicit.

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Question : 1

  • Statement:
  • Kartick left for Delhi on Tuesday by train to attend a function to be held on Friday at his uncle's house in Delhi.
  • Assumptions:
  • I. Kartick may reach Delhi on Wednesday.
  • II. Kartick may reach Delhi before Friday.

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 and

e) If both I and II are implicit.

Answer: (b)

Clearly, it cannot be deduced as to which day Kartick would reach Delhi. But Kartick has left for Delhi to attend a function to be held on Friday.

So, he must have planned his journey to reach Delhi before Friday. Thus, only II is implicit.

Question : 2

  • Statement:
  • Lack of stimulation in the first four or five years of life can have adverse consequences.
  • Assumptions:
  • I. A great part of the development of observed intelligence occurs in the earliest years of life.
  • II. 50 percent of the measurable intelligence at age of 17 is already predictable by the age of four.

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 and

e) If both I and II are implicit.

Answer: (a)

The lacking of the first four or five years can be adverse because it is the main period of development. So, I is implicit.

Since nothing is mentioned about the predictability of intelligence, II is not implicit.

Directions:
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 and
    (e) if both I and II are implicit.

Question : 3

  • Statement:
  • “To keep myself up-to-date, I always listen to 9.00 p.m. news on the radio.”- A candidate tells the interview board.
  • Assumptions:
  • I. The candidate does not read the newspaper.
  • II. Recent news is broadcast only on the radio.

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 and

e) If both I and II are implicit.

Answer: (d)

The candidate listens to the news on the radio does not mean that he does not read the newspaper or that radio is the only source of recent news.

So, neither I nor II is implicit.

Question : 4

  • Statement:
  • The government has decided to disinvest a large chunk of its equity in select public sector undertakings for better fiscal management.
  • Assumptions:
  • I. The amount generated out of the disinvestment process may reduce substantially the mounting fiscal deficits.
  • II. There will be enough demand in the market for the shares of these undertakings.

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 and

e) If both I and II are implicit.

Answer: (a)

The fact given in I directly follows from the phrase’… for better fiscal management’ in the statement. So, I is implicit.

However, the public response to the new policy cannot be ascertained. So, II is not implicit.

Question : 5

  • Statement:
  • "Private property, trespassers will be prosecuted"-A notice on a plot of land.
  • Assumptions:
  • I. The passerby may read the notice and may not trespass.
  • II. The people are scared of prosecution.

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 and

e) If both I and II are implicit.

Answer: (e)

Any notice is displayed assuming that people will read the notice and also follow the content of the notice. So, I is implicit.

Besides, the notice threatens any trespassers to be prosecuted. So, II is also implicit.

Directions:
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. Give answer
    (a) if only Assumption I is implicit
    (b) if only Assumption II is implicit
    (c) if either Assumption I or II is implicit
    (d) if neither Assumption I nor II is implicit
    (e) if both Assumptions I and II are implicit.

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Question : 6

  • Statement:
  • Take a ferry or a boat instead of a bus to reach the Krabi islands faster.
  • Assumptions:
  • I. The islands being in remote locations are not easily accessible.
  • II. Ferries and boats are available to travel to the Krabi islands.

a) If only Assumption I is implicit

b) If only Assumption II is implicit

c) If either Assumption I or II is implicit

d) If neither Assumption I nor II is implicit

e) If both Assumptions I and II are implicit.

Answer: (b)

Assumption I is not implicit as there may be several reasons for the preference being stated (taking a ferry or a boat).

Assumption II is very much valid because we ask someone to employ a means only when we assume the availability of that particular means.

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