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

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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:
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

The correct answers to the above question in:

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.

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Question : 1

Statement:
Traffic jams on most of the roads in the city have become a regular feature during monsoon.
Assumptions:
I. Material used for road construction cannot withstand the fury of monsoon resulting in innumerable potholes on the roads
II. The number of vehicles coming on the roads is much more in monsoon as compared to other seasons.

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)

Clearly, the problem of traffic jams arises during monsoons not because of increased number of vehicles but due to slow movement of traffic on account of bad roads.

So, only I is implicit

Question : 2

Statement:
Many people fell ill after consuming meal at a wedding reception and were rushed to the nearby govt and private hospitals.
Assumptions:
I. The relatives of the affected people may refuse to take them to the Govt hospitals.
II. The nearby hospitals may be able to attend to all the affected people.

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)

Assumption I is absurd. In such illnesses, the patients are rushed to hospitals, irrespective of how the relatives may behave. II is implicit in rushing the affected people to the nearby hospitals.

Question : 3

Statement:
“Come and join my political campaign.”
— A political leader to film stars.
Assumptions:
I. People have more faith on the film stars.
II. Film stars are big crowd-pullers.

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)

Film stars are public figures and popular so they can gather more crowd. And assuming this, the political leader has invited them to pull the crowd.

Hence II is implicit.

Question : 4

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 : 5

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 : 6

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.

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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