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:
“In view of a likely fiscal deficit of around five per cent, there is no denying the need for a consensus to trim government expenditure.”
— View of Mr X
Assumptions:
I. Trimming government expenditure is an effective tool to curb fiscal deficit.
II. Trimming government expenditure is not an effective tool to curb fiscal deficit.

(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)

Only I is implicit. That is why Mr X advocates for the need for a consensus to trim government expenditure.

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Question : 1

Statement:
The civic administration has asked the residents of the dilapidated buildings to move out as these buildings will be demolished within the next thirty days.
Assumptions:
I. The civic administration may be able to demolish these buildings as per schedule.
II. The residents of these buildings may vacate and stay elsewhere.

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 in the deadline given. II is implicit in the notice given to the residents to move out.

Question : 2

Statement:
Buy ‘X’ dairy milk - fresh, pure and hygienic. - An advertisement
Assumptions:
I. Other brands of milk are also available.
II. ‘X’ dairy’s milk is the most expensive.

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 because advertisement of a particular brand is usually placed in order to compete with other available brands. II is not implicit because price and quality are not inextricably related.

Question : 3

Statement:
“Our study materials do not necessarily satisfy one’s greed but certainly satisfy one’s need to become a Probationary Officer (PO).”
— An advertisement of ‘X’ coaching Institute
Assumptions:
I. Need to become a PO can be satisfied with certain amount of efforts but one’s greed can not be satisfied with certainty.
II. Desires of most of the people (who aspire for PO) are not conducive to their real requirements.

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; that is why the advertisement advocates to satisfy one’s need. II is also implicit because if study materials of ‘X’ coaching institute are capable of satisfying one’s need for PO, it must be capable of satisfying the real requirements of a true aspirant for PO.

Hence, the speaker must be assuming II.

Question : 4

Statement:
There is no shopping complex for this colony; people have to go to the main market.
Assumptions:
I. This colony may be far from main market.
II. The people do not want to go to the main market.

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 the assumptions are implicit because of the need felt for a shopping complex in the colony itself.

Question : 5

Statement:
The X-Airlines has temporarily suspended flights to a few destinations for the next four days due to the strike call given by the Pilots’ Association.
Assumptions:
I. The airlines may be able to restore all the flights after four days.
II. The Pilots’ Association may withdraw the strike call within four days.

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 has the suspension of flights been mad for a limited period of four days? It must have been assumed by the authorities of X-Airlines that the crisis may be over after this limited period.

Hence, assumption I is implicit. II may or may not be an assumption.

Hence, II is not implicit.

Question : 6

Statement:
The regulatory authority has set up a review committee to find out the reasons for unstable stock prices.
Assumptions:
I. The investors may regain confidence in stock market by this decision.
II. The review committee has the expertise to find out the causes for volatility in the stock market.

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 a review committee to find out the reasons for unstable stock prices? Concerned authority must have assumed I.

Hence I is implicit. One does not entrust a work to another unless the former assumes that the latter has the efficiency to do that work.

Hence, II is also implicit.

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