based on one statement & two assumptions Detailed Explanation And More Example

Question : 1

• 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.

Question : 2

• 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.

Question : 3

• Statement:
• There has been a remarkable increase in air traffic in India during the past few years.
• Assumptions:
• I. Travelling by air has become a status symbol now.
• II. A large number of people are able to afford air travel now.

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 : 4

• 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.

Question : 5

• 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.

Question : 6

• 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.