Based On Two Assumptions MCQs Section 4 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:
“You need eyes and ears everywhere.”
— CIA officer.
Assumptions:
I. CIA is the best detective agency of the world.
II. It is very hard to keep eyes and ears everywhere.

(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: (d)

Neither can we assume about the CIA nor about the toughness of its work from the statement.

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Question : 1

Statement:
The ‘X’ Housing Finance Company has offered its services to search a suitable home at no extra cost for those who avail housing loan from it.
Assumptions:
I. The customers may prefer to take housing loan from ‘X’ Housing Finance Company as they can save a lot of their time and money spent in searching a suitable home.
II. No other Housing Finance Company has offered any such extra services alongwith housing loan.

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 from the tone of the offer of the ‘X’ Housing Finance company. But II is not implicit.

Question : 2

Statement:
Vitamin E tablets improve circulation, keep your complexion in a glowing condition
Assumptions:
I. People like a glowing complexion
II. Complexion becomes dull in the absence of circulation.

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)

Generally, only that good feature of a product is highlighted which people crave for.

So, I is implicit. Since complexion glows if circulation is improved,

So II is also implicit

Question : 3

Statement:
The railways have been fudging accident figures for years in order to paint a rosy picture of their safety performance.
Assumptions:
I. These days railway accidents are very common.
II. Passengers prefer safest mode of transportation.

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)

Why does Railways need to show a good safety performance? Definitely because of II.

Question : 4

Statement:
The sarpanch of the village called a meeting of all the heads of the families to discuss the problem of acute shortage of drinking water in the village.
Assumptions:
I. The sarpanch had earlier called such meetings to discuss about various problems.
II. Most of the heads of families may attend the meeting called by the sarpanch.

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)

There is no indication of an earlier meeting.

Hence I is not implicit. II is implicit in the calling of the meeting.

Question : 5

Statement:
“We need to instil a sense of pride among the people for the rich cultural heritage of the country and its various regions.”
— Speaker of the Lok Sabha
Assumptions:
I. Culture is what gives meaning to our lives and identity to us as a social community.
II. To instil a sense of pride among the people for the rich cultural heritage is almost impossible.

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)

Why the need to instil such a sense of pride among the people? The speaker must be assuming I. II is not implicit because one does not desire for a need unless one assumes it to be feasible.

Question : 6

Statement:
Over the years, successive railway ministers have utilised the employment potential of the railways in order to boost their political careers.
Assumptions:
I. Over the years, Railways has witnessed tremendous vacancies for employment.
II. The political career of a political leader depends upon the direct benefit given by him to the people of his constituency.

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)

I is implicit: this is what the speaker has in mind when he talks of having “utilised the employment potential.” The speaker is assuming II that is why he is relating the employment potential of railway with the political career of the leader.

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