Based On Two Assumptions MCQs Section 8 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:
There has been a remarkable increase in the air traffic in India during the past few years..
Assumptions:
I. Traveling by air has become a status symbol now.
II. 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

e) If both I and II are implicit.

The correct answers to the above question in:

Answer: (b)

II is implicit on the cause side.

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Question : 1

Statement:
In view of the large number of cases of suicides committed by the farmers in State X the State Government has decided to waive off the agricultural loans granted to the farmers.
Assumptions:
I. This may stop further cases of suicides committed by the farmers in State X.
II. This move of the Government may be welcomed by the public at large.

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 an assumption because the government is assuming that the initiative taken by it is an effort to rectify the problem. II is obvious because the initiative taken by the government has been aimed at benefiting the farmers.

Question : 2

Statement:
“We are in talks with the Japanese Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) for the second tranche of Rs 1,600 crore.” - Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) chairman
Assumptions:
I. DMRC has already received the first tranche of the loan from JBIC.
II. Talks for receiving the first tranche of the JBIC loan have been finalised.

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)

Talks for second tranche is expected only after talks for the first tranche have been finalised. But the actual amount may still be in the pipeline.

Question : 3

Statement:
The investment in human development must continue because only with the help of educational institutions of a high standard can the country maintain the flow of talent.
Assumptions:
I. A country can’t be branded as developed if it lacks talented persons.
II. In the present scenario high-standard educational institutes are lesser in number than that required.

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 thrust on human development through educational institutions. II is not implicit: we don’t know whether the investment is needed to open new institutions or merely maintain the old ones.

Question : 4

Statement:
The school authorities have decided to increase the number of students in each classroom to seventy from the next academic session to bridge the gap between the income and the expenditure to a large extent..
Assumptions:
I. The income generated by way of fees of the additional students will be sufficient enough to bridge the gap.
II. The school will get all the additional students in each class form the next academic session.

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 are root causes

Question : 5

Statement:
We protect other living things such as plants and animals because they are not really any threat to us.
Assumptions:
I. Carnivorous animals are not a threat to us.
II. Man is strongest and wisest among all living creatures.

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: (d)

I is not implicit: the statement has nothing to do with what the animals eat. II is not implicit because (a) merely giving protection does not fit one with these attributes; and (b) even if (a) were true, we are not protecting all the animals.

Question : 6

Statement:
“I want Multinational Companies (MNCs) to be out of the water business. I don’t mind them in road construction or some other areas.”
— Statement of a waterman while educating the people on the community’s water right
Assumptions:
I. Water is basic to life and the community should own it.
II. The MNCs are on the prowl to buy the rivers.

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)

Since the given statement has been made by the waterman while educating people on the community’s right, the waterman must be assuming indulgence of MNCs in water business as disastrous for the people. Note that the speaker is not averse to indulgence of MNCs in road construction or some other areas. This implies water business has some special importance.

Hence assumption I is implicit. Assumption II is not implicit because the indulgence of MNCs does not necessarily imply that they are going to buy the rivers.

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