Based On Two Assumptions MCQs Section 2 Detailed Explanation And More Example

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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.

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

Questions : Statement:
“The city’s top-ranker for SSC examination this year will be definitely from our school.”
— Principal of a School `X’.
Assumptions:
I. The teachers of the school have prepared their students thoroughly.
II. Most of intelligent students in the city are studying in School ‘X’.

(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.

e) if both I and II are implicit.

The correct answers to the above question in:

Answer: (a)

As a Principal, he trusts his teacher that they would have prepared the students thouroughly. So that they could appear in the list of toppers.

Hence I is implicit. Only intelligence cannot be the basis of the Principal’s statement.

Hence II is not implicit.

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Question : 1

Statement:
Gambling through lotteries is banned by the Central Government in all the states with immediate effect.
Assumptions:
I. This may save innocent citizens from getting cheated of their hard-earned money
II. The citizens may not gamble in any other way if the lotteries are banned

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.

e) if both I and II are implicit.

Answer: (a)

Assumption I is implicit as the govt’s moves are generally aimed at protecting the interests of the masses. But II is not implicit because of “any other way”. There might be other means of gambling which the govt does not consider significantly detrimental for the people

Question : 2

Statement:
The government has decided to launch food-for-work programme in all the drought-affected areas.
Assumptions:
I. The government has the machinery to implement the food for work programme in all the drought affected areas.
II. There is enough food in stock to implement the programmes successfully.

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.

e) if both I and II are implicit.

Answer: (e)

Both I and II are implicit. The government does not launch its programme unless it assumes that it has the basic infrastructure to implement it.

Question : 3

Statement:
Values of life for educated are different from those who are uneducated.
Assumptions:
I. Education has an impact on the values of life of a person.
II. An uneducated person is worthless.

a) I and II both are implicit

b) Only I is implicit

c) Only II is implicit

d) Neither I nor II is implicit

Answer: (b)

Only I is implicit, as the value of life is different for educated and uneducated persons. So it is obvious that education has its impact on the values of life of a person. Assumption II is not connected with the given statement.

Question : 4

Statement:
Salary cannot be the only criteria for deciding a person’s potential.
Assumptions:
I. Persons with equal potential are not necessarily paid equally.
II. Salary of a person is not linked only with the potential.

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.

e) if both I and II are implicit.

Answer: (a)

I is implicit. If it wee not so, equal potential would have implied equal salary and vice versa. This one-to-one correspondence could have made salary the only criteria to judge potential. If II were implicit, if would mean salary is linked with factors other than potential. That is, potential can’t be the only criteria to decide salary. But this is on a track different from wheat the statement goes on.

Question : 5

Statement:
Beware of dogs. Our dogs do not bark but they are trained to distinguish between genuine guests and intruders.
Assumptions:
I. Barking dogs rarely bite.
II. Our dogs could be dangerous for intruders.

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.

e) if both I and II are implicit.

Answer: (b)

The wording “Beware of dogs” makes II implicit.

Question : 6

Statement:
“Are you creative and outgoing? Do you enjoy communicating ideas and working with others? A career in photography offers the opportunity to create art and work in a rewarding professional field of endeavour.”
— An advertisement
Assumptions:
I. Making commercial quality photographers requires technical expertise and creativity.
II. There are some people who want to be successful photographer.

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.

e) if both I and II are implicit.

Answer: (b)

I is rejected because nothing has been told about technical expertise. The advertisement must have been targeted at the people who want to be successful photographer.

Hence II is an assumption.

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